ABSTRACT
Pheochromocytoma is a neoplosia of chromaffin cells that is very rare in children. Its signs and symptoms result from the release of catecholamine. It is usually a solitary, unilateral encapsulated tumor. The predominant clinical findings are crises of hypertension, palpitation, abdominal pain, paleness, vomiting, sweating, and weight loss. Its diagnosis requires a certain degree of suspicion. Case report: We report on a 3-year-old child with pheochromocytoma of difficult clinical management. Diagnosis was confirmed by anatomicophathological study. The patient recovered after surgical resection of the tumor. The patient was a rare case of pheochromocytoma, his problems being especially hypertension and was cured after surgical resection of the tumor. This demonstrates the beneficial effect of early diagnosis and treatment
ABSTRACT
Primary neoplasms of the adrenal cortex are rare in children and differ from their counterparts in term of clinical characteristics. The studies revealed that prognosis of these tumors are not as bad as previous expectation. Differentiation between adenoma and carcinoma adrenal tumors in the absence of metastasis to other organs is impossible. The survival of the patients depends on the age, being longer in children under 5 years old The utilization of imaging surveys particularly CT scan and MRI facilitated the investigation of the children with early puberty and Cushing 's syndrome. However a combination of clinical finding and imaging methods is required. the patient was a 4.5 months old infant with Cushing's syndrome who presented with generalized edema. She was suspected to have adrenocortical neoplasm and subjected to the operation of left side adrenalectomy. The diagnosis was confirmed by pathological examination of the patient biopsy