%0 Journal Article
%T Extrasurrenal Pheochromocytoma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
%A Nestor Ghislain Andzouana Mbamognoua
%A Roland Bertile Banga Mouss
%A Pierlesky Elion Ossibi
%A Farel Ongoth Elilie Mawa
%A Henri Germain Monabeka
%J Open Journal of Endocrine and Metabolic Diseases
%P 137-142
%@ 2165-7432
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojemd.2023.138011
%X <strong>Introduction:</strong> <span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">Pheochromocytoma is a rare cause of endocrine hypertension. We report the
case of an extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma discovered in the setting of an
abdominal mass. <b>Observation: </b>The patient was 25-year-old and presented
with headaches, excessive sweating and palpitations, followed by a sensation of
abdominal weightlessness and diastolic arterial hypertension. <span>Abdominal computed tomography revealed a
retroperitoneal, right para-renal</span> <span>extra-adrenal
mass. In biology, an increase in urinary methoxylated derivatives</span> at the
expense of normetanephrine.<b> Conclusion:</b> Pheochromocytoma is a rare
disease, diagnosed by measuring urinary or plasma methoxylated derivatives.
Conventional or nuclear imaging allows topographic diagnosis. Genetic studies</span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\">helps to identify other tumors.</span>
%K Pheochromocytoma
%K Arterial Hypertension
%K Methoxylated Derivatives
%K Genetics
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=127027