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Case Reports
. 2005 Jul;66(1):194.
doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2005.01.012.

Periprostatic pheochromocytoma

Adam E Perlmutter  1 , Ryan Livengood, Stanley Zaslau, Hesam Farivar-Mohseni
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Case Reports

Periprostatic pheochromocytoma

Adam E Perlmutter et al. Urology. 2005 Jul.

Abstract

In adults, 10% of pheochromocytomas are extra-adrenal. Most extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas occur in the organ of Zuckerkandl. Occasionally, pheochromocytomas can arise from paraganglion chromaffin cells in other locations. We present the case of a 63-year-old hypertensive man with a periprostatic pheochromocytoma. Our patient underwent surgical extirpation of the pheochromocytoma, while sparing the prostate from resection. His blood pressure has remained well controlled postoperatively without the addition of antihypertensive medications.

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