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Kang, Won, Jeon, Jang, Choi, Jeong, Park, and Park: A Case of Extra-Adrenal Pheochromocytoma with Abdominal Colic and Paroxysmal Hypertension
Case Report
Korean Circulation Journal

Korean Circulation Journal 1993; 23(4): 621-624.

Published online: 31 August 1993

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4070/kcj.1993.23.4.621

A Case of Extra-Adrenal Pheochromocytoma with Abdominal Colic and Paroxysmal Hypertension

Jeong Seong Kang, M.D., Soo Yeon Won, M.D., Il Mun Jeon, M.D., Myoung Kyu Jang, M.D., Suck Chei Choi, M.D., Jin Won Jeong, M.D., Yang Kyu Park, M.D., Ock Kyu Park, M.D.

Copyright © 1993 The Korean Society of Circulation

Abstract

Pheochromocytomas can arise wherever chromaffin cells are found, and most of them(90%) are in one or both adrenal glands. But they may be located anywhere along the sympathetic chain and rarely in aberrant sites. One of the common extra-adrenal sites from which these tumors can arise is a collection of para-aortic and para-ganglion cells around the origin of the inferior mesenteric artery.
We experienced a case of extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma located at the organ of Zukerkandl in a 21-year-old female patient with abdominal colic and paroxysmal hypertension, whose symptoms and blood pressure returned to normal after successful surgical excision of the tumor.

Keywords: Extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma, Hypertension

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