Bilateral pheochromocytoma after kidney transplantation in neurofibromatosis type 1

Valeria de Miguel; Andrea Paissan; Patricio García Marchiñena; Alberto Jurado; Mariana Isola; José Alfie; Patricia Fainstein-Day

doi:10.1530/EDM-18-0162

Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports (May 2019)

Bilateral pheochromocytoma after kidney transplantation in neurofibromatosis type 1

Valeria de Miguel,
Andrea Paissan,
Patricio García Marchiñena,
Alberto Jurado,
Mariana Isola,
José Alfie,
Patricia Fainstein-Day

Affiliations

Valeria de Miguel: Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nuclear Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Andrea Paissan: Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nuclear Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Patricio García Marchiñena: Department of Urology, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Alberto Jurado: Department of Urology, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Mariana Isola: Department of Pathology, Buenos Aires, Argentina
José Alfie: Hypertension Unit of Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Patricia Fainstein-Day: Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nuclear Medicine, Buenos Aires, Argentina

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1530/EDM-18-0162
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 1, no. 1
pp. 1 – 3

Abstract

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We present the case of a 25-year-old male with a history of neurofibromatosis type 1 and bilateral pheochromocytoma 4 years after kidney transplantation that was successfully treated with simultaneous bilateral posterior retroperitoneoscopic adrenalectomy.

Published in Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism Case Reports

ISSN: 2052-0573 (Online)
Publisher: Bioscientifica
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology
Website: https://edm.bioscientifica.com/

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