Alkhatatbeh H, Alzaghari D, Alharahsheh S, Ayyad M. Urinary bladder pheochromocytoma managed with TURBT. Case report and review of literature.
Urol Case Rep 2020;
33:101291. [PMID:
33101995 PMCID:
PMC7573838 DOI:
10.1016/j.eucr.2020.101291]
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Abstract
Bladder pheochromocytomas are rare catecholamine-secreting tumours of chromaffin cells. Sympathetic system stimulation due to Catecholamine over secretion during micturation is the most common presentation. Unsuspected bladder pheochromocytoma can result in hypertensive crisis during transurethral resection of bladder tumor (TURBT). In contrast to the urothelial tumours, bladder pheochromocytomas are hypervascular on enhanced CT scan. In this article we report a case of pheochromocytoma managed successfully by TURBT and followed up for 1 year.
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