PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA OF THE ADRENAL GLAND WITH GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR AND NEUROFIBROMATOSIS: REPORT OF A CASE WITH FATAL OUTCOME FOLLOWING ABDOMINAL AORTOGRAPHY
Authors: J F LOPEZ
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Case Reports1 January 1958PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA OF THE ADRENAL GLAND WITH GRANULOSA CELL TUMOR AND NEUROFIBROMATOSIS: REPORT OF A CASE WITH FATAL OUTCOME FOLLOWING ABDOMINAL AORTOGRAPHYJOAQUIN F. LOPEZ, M.D.JOAQUIN F. LOPEZ, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-1-187 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPheochromocytoma today cannot be considered an unusually rare tumor, since numerous isolated cases as well as small series have been reported. In 1952 Aaron1 stated that about 300 cases had been published, but that they probably represent but a small fraction of the actual number.The association of pheochromocytoma with a malignant neoplasia, however, is much more infrequent. Four cases have been reported associated with neuroblastomas.2, 3, 4, 5One case had a "neurogenic sarcoma,"6one a carcinoma of the rectum,7and another a neurofibromatosis with "malignant degeneration."8The second case of Mandeville and Sahyoun9and the recent one of...Bibliography1. Aaron H: Pheochromocytoma, in Monographs in medicine, edited by W. B. Bean, Series I, 1952, The Williams & Wilkins Company, Baltimore, pp. 179-224. Google Scholar2. LewisGeschickter DCF: Tumors of the sympathetic nervous system: neuroblastoma, paraganglioma and ganglioneuroma, Arch. Surg. 28: 16, 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. WahlCraig HRPE: Multiple tumors of the sympathetic nervous system. Report of a case showing a distinct ganglioneuroma, a neuroblastoma, and a cystic calcifying ganglioneuroblastoma, Am. J. Path. 14: 797, 1938. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. WahlRobinson HRD: Neuroblastoma of the mediastinum with pheochromoblastomatous elements, Arch. Path. 35: 571, 1943. Google Scholar5. 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Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Milwaukee, Wisconsin*Received for publication October 1, 1956.From the Department of Pathology, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Joaquin F. Lopez, M.D., Laboratory Service, Veterans Administration Center, Milwaukee (Wood), Wisconsin. 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