...J.O. Salo; M. Miettinen; J. Mäkinen; T. Lehtonen Two cases of primary pheochromocytoma of the urinary bladder are reported. Ultrastructural demonstration of neuroendocrine granules and immunoreactivity for neuron-specific enolase and synoptophysin, and the absence of cytokeratin, an epithelial...

...Shin-ichi Mitsuhashi; Takashi Hikage Familial pheochromocytomas were removed from the bilateral adrenal glands and the abdominal cavity of a 10-year-old female. Due to the existence of an accessory adrenal gland, it was possible to discontinue steroid supplement. The disease relapsed, however, when...

..., 8 left side) for Conn’s disease (7 patients), pheochromocytoma (6 patients), Cushing’s syndrome(1 patient), and large inactive adenoma (4 patients). The tumor size ranged between 1 and 8 cm (mean 4.2). One of the patients, who presented with Conn’s disease and bilateral adenoma, underwent...

...G. Piédrola; E. López; M.D. Rueda; R. López; J. Serrano; M. Sancho Urinary bladder pheochromocytoma is an uncommon tumor that produces hypertensive crises coinciding with micturition. It is usually benign, with less than 20 cases with evidence of metastasis described to date. We present a rare case...

...Christian Radmayr; Hartmut Neumann; Georg Bartsch; Romy Elsner; Günter Janetschek Objectives: In adults, increasing numbers of adrenalectomies for pheochromocytomas are performed laparoscopically. We report for the first time laparoscopic bilateral subtotal adrenalectomy for pheochromocytomas...