Malignant pheochromocytoma with liver metastasis treated by transcatheter arterial chemo-embolization (TACE)

Intern Med. 2010;49(7):645-51. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.3061. Epub 2010 Apr 1.

Abstract

Multiple liver metastatic lesions were shown by computed tomography and scintigraphy with 123I- metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) in a 76-year-old woman 2 years after resection of a pheochromocytoma of the right adrenal gland. Transcatheter arterial chemo-embolization (TACE) was performed for the liver metastasis, with blood pressure strictly controlled by administration of doxazosin and phentolamine for the prevention of hypertensive crisis after TACE. There were no severe adverse events associated with the treatment, and the number and size of the lesions were decreased. TACE with strict blood pressure control was an effective and safe therapy for multiple liver metastatic lesions related to malignant pheochromocytoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Aged
  • Antineoplastic Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Chemoembolization, Therapeutic / methods*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Injections, Intra-Arterial
  • Liver Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary
  • Liver Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Pheochromocytoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Pheochromocytoma / secondary
  • Pheochromocytoma / therapy*
  • Ultrasonography

Substances

  • Antineoplastic Agents