Unusual case of infrarenal pheochromocytoma developed on ectopic adrenal tissue: An autopsy case report

Abstract

Introduction: Pheochromocytomas are catecholamine-secreting tumors arising from the chromaffin cells of the adrenal medulla. We describe an unusual case of pheochromocytoma located in the infrarenal area and associated with bilateral adrenal hyperplasia.

Keywords

• adrenal hyperplasia
• pheochromocytoma
• metanephrine