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2021 May 24


Int J Surg Case Rep


83

Malignant pheochromocytoma: A diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma.

Authors

Jandou I, Moataz A, Dakir M, Debbagh A, Aboutaieb R
Int J Surg Case Rep. 2021 May 24; 83:106009.
PMID: 34052712.

Abstract

Malignant pheochromocytomas are rare endocrine tumors that develop within chromaffin tissue. The diagnosis of malignancy is based on neoplastic recurrence or the presence of metastasis in organs that lack chromaffin tissue. We report a series of four cases because of their diagnostic and therapeutic particularities.