Radical treatment of clinically malignant bladder pheochromocytoma
Article published in Urologia Polska 2005/58/4.

authors

Krzysztof Bar ¹, Robert Klijer ¹, Elżbieta Czekajska-Chehab ³, Waldemar Białek ¹, Jerzy Michalak ¹, Lech Wronecki ²

¹ Katedra i Klinika Urologii Akademii Medycznej w Lublinie
Kierownik: prof. AM dr hab. Krzysztof Bar
² Katedra i Zakład Patomorfologii Klinicznej Akademii Medycznej w Lublinie
Kierownik: prof. dr hab. Elżbieta Korobowicz
³ Zakład Radiologii Lekarskiej AM w Lublinie
Kierownik zakładu: prof. dr hab. Andrzej Drop

keywords

urinary bladder, malignant tumour, pheochromocytoma

summary

Bladder pheochromocytomas (pheochromocytoma, paraganglioma) are tumours arising from chromaffin cells in sympathetic ganglia. Most of paragangliomas are located in the adrenal medulla, while extra-adrenal localization is reported in about 10% cases. Pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder is rare, accounting less than 0.06% of all bladder tumors. Bladder pheochromocytomas are mostly benign tumours so partial cystectomy with adequate margins is the treatment of choice for most cases. We report a case of urinary bladder pheochromocytoma with malignant clinical manifestation which required cystectomy.

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