Recurrence of Pheochromocytoma With Metastases After Resection of Primary Tumor

Sharini Venugopal; Mamta Chhabria; Michael Quartuccio

doi:10.7759/cureus.8328

Recurrence of Pheochromocytoma With Metastases After Resection of Primary Tumor

Cureus. 2020 May 28;12(5):e8328. doi: 10.7759/cureus.8328.

Authors

Sharini Venugopal¹, Mamta Chhabria¹, Michael Quartuccio^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, USA.
² Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, USA.
³ Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, USA.

Abstract

Pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas are rare tumors that arise from the chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla or sympathetic paravertebral ganglia, respectively. Long-term surveillance is recommended regardless of the thoroughness of surgical resection. Here, we present a patient who was diagnosed with pheochromocytoma who underwent right adrenalectomy and was lost to follow up. She presented 15 years later with recurrence and was found to have multiple metastases. Subsequent genetic testing was also negative.

Keywords: benign; malignant; mutation; pheochromocytoma; recurrence; size.

Publication types

Case Reports