Ectopic pheochromocytoma arising in the spermatic cord 5 years after removal of bilateral carotid body tumors and adrenal pheochromocytomas. |
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| Authors: | T Abe H Matsuda J Shindo K Nonomura T Koyanagi |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Urology, Abashiri Kosei Hospital, Japan. takataka@rf6.so-net.ne.jp |
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| Abstract: | A patient with ectopic pheochromocytoma that developed in the spermatic cord about 5 years after successive resections of bilateral carotid body tumors and bilateral adrenal pheochromocytomas is reported. This is thought to be the first case of pheochromocytoma of the spermatic cord in a setting of multiplicity. |
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| Keywords: | paraganglioma pheochromocytoma spermatic cord |
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