PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA OF URINARY BLADDER
- 1 January 1962
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Acta Endocrinologica
- Vol. 39 (1) , 1-12
- https://doi.org/10.1530/acta.0.0390001
Abstract
A case of phaeochromocytoma localized in the urinary bladder wall above the right ureter in a 19 years old male is described. The patient had a sustained arterial hypertension between 170/120 and 260/170, without haematuria, with regular headache and palpitations immediately after urination. Catecholamines in urine 409 and 340 micrograms per day. A partial resection of the urinary bladder wall was performed with extirpation of a tumour weighing 40 g. Size of the tumour 80 × 60 × 60 mm. The tumour contained 1.5 mg adrenaline and 0.03 mg noradrenaline per g of tissue. Postoperatively blood pressure 140/90, catecholamines in the urine normal, and the patient made an uneventful recovery. The last follow-up ten months after operation. A short review of previously published cases is given.Keywords
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