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Case Reports
. 2011 Jul;21(3):198-200.
doi: 10.4103/0971-4065.78072.

Pheochromocytoma of urinary bladder

S Vyas  1 , N Kalra, S K Singh, M M Agarwal, A K Mandal, N Khandelwal
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Case Reports

Pheochromocytoma of urinary bladder

S Vyas et al. Indian J Nephrol. 2011 Jul.

Abstract

Pheochromocytoma of urinary bladder are rare tumors. They present with nonspecific clinical signs and symptoms, so imaging plays an important role in diagnosing and localizing the tumor. We present two cases of bladder pheochromocytoma, one of them presented with vague abdominal pain and the other with hematuria. Biphasic CT in both the cases showed hypervascular intravesical mass suggestive of bladder pheochromocytoma. The lesions were confirmed biochemically or on postoperative histopathology. A brief review of the imaging in bladder pheochromocytoma is also presented.

Keywords: Pheochromocytoma; hypertension; urinary bladder.

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Conflict of Interest: None declared.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Axial sections of CT in arterial (a,b) showing hyper enhancing lesions at right para-aortic region (black arrow) and along posterior wall of the urinary bladder (white arrow). These lesions showing relative contrast washout in venous phase (c,d). In addition, bladder lesion showed small central speck of calcification
Figure 2
Figure 2
Coronal reformatted CT images in arterial (a) and venous phase (b) depicting the bladder base lesion (white arrows) with enlarged lymph nodes along right iliac vessels and perivesical region (black arrow). The lesion and the lymph nodes are showing hypervascularity and there is coarse calcification in the bladder lesion
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