Small Pheochromocytoma in an Elderly Woman with Hypertension

Minamoto M, Fukuoka T, Umakoshi H and Murakami K

Department of Internal Medicine, Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, Japan
Departmetn of Health care and Preventive Medicine, Matsuyama Red Cross Hospital, Japan

^*Correspondance to: Tomikazu Fukuoka 

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Abstract:

A 77-year-old woman who had controlled hypertension was referred to our hospital due to recent paroxysmal elevation in blood pressure. Computed tomography showed a 17-mm nodule in right adrenal gland, whereas hormonal markers were normal levels except plasma norepinephrine and urinary normetanephrine were modestly high (≦ 2.0-fold the upper limit of normal range). Even though the slight elevation in biochemical markers, 123I metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy confirmed the abnormal uptake in the right adrenal gland, the patient was submitted to laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Surgical pathology was diagnostic of pheochromocytoma. Postoperatively, plasma cathecolamines were all in normal range and paroxysmal hypertension disappeared.

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Minamoto M, Fukuoka T, Umakoshi H, Murakami K. Small Pheochromocytoma in an Elderly Woman with Hypertension. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2016; 1: 1038.