A Case of Pheochromocytoma / 대한비뇨기과학회지

Pheochromocytoma, derived from the neural crest, accounts for less than one percent of all patients with hypertension, but is most important because of its potentially lethal nature. It may occur at any age, and surgeons are often first to see the disease because of sudden hypertensive crises during anesthesia or unexplained shock following operations. Herein we report a case of right adrenal pheochromocytoma in 57-yr-old woman who was successfully treated with surgical intervention.