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Arch Esp Urol
; 56(3): 310-3, 2003 Apr.
Article
in Spanish
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12768996
ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES: To review two cases of extra adrenal pheochromocytoma. METHODS: We present two cases: a 75-year-old patient with history of high blood pressure and intravesical tumor compatible with urinary bladder paraganglioma, and a 59-year-old patient with a retroperitoneal tumor arising from para-aortic ganglia. RESULTS: Diagnosis was made by CT scan and transurethral resection in the first case, all posterior extension studies were negative; in the second case retroperitoneal exeresis surgery was performed after CT scan. CONCLUSIONS: Extra adrenal pheochromocytomas are catecholamine producing tumours, which determines their clinical features; treatment should be surgical. A bibliographic review about this disease is performed.