Publication
Title
A rare case of clinically and biochemically silent giant right pheochromocytoma : case report and review of literature
Author
Abstract
Non-secreting pheochromocytomas are rare adrenal tumours. We report the case of a clinically and biochemically silent giant pheochromocytoma that presented as bilateral pulmonary embolisms. Successful surgical resection was performed. Multiple endocrine neoplasia 2 syndrome and neurofibromatosis type 1 were clinically excluded. Subsequent DNA analysis of the succinate dehydrogenase complex subunits B and D (SDHB and SDHD), and Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) genes revealed no mutations.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Acta chirurgica Belgica. - Brussel, 1946 - 1996
Publication
Brussels : Acta medical belgica , 2016
ISSN
0001-5458
DOI
10.1080/00015458.2016.1139838
Volume/pages
116 :4 (2016) , p. 239-242
ISI
000389706400007
Pubmed ID
27426649
Full text (Publisher's DOI)
UAntwerpen
Publication type
Subject
External links
Web of Science
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Last edited 06.10.2024
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