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Case Report

Phaeochromocytoma in a 20-Year-Old Nigerian, Resolving the Dilemma of Benignity or Malignancy

by
Fred O. Ugwumba
1,*,
Okechukwu C. Okafor
2,
Agharighom David Okoh
1 and
Obinna Virginus Ajuzieogu
3
1
Urology unit, Department of Surgery, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria
2
Department of Morbid Anatomy, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria
3
Department of Anaesthesia, University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku-Ozalla, Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Clin. Pract. 2012, 2(1), e15; https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e15
Submission received: 26 September 2011 / Revised: 7 December 2011 / Accepted: 2 January 2012 / Published: 18 January 2012

Abstract

Pheochromocytomas are rare tumors that present a diagnostic challenge in developing countries. They occur in the adrenal gland and as paragangliomas along the sympathetic chain. Clinical features are usually those of sustained or paroxysmal hypertension and complications thereof. Surgical extirpation remains the mainstay of treatment and is greatly facilitated by accurate pre-operative tumor localization. Pre-operative medical management with antihypertensive medication has led to significant reductions in peri-operative mortality. Determination of malignancy is difficult in the absence of obvious metastases. We present a case of left adrenal phechromocytoma that was stabilized. Adrenalectomy had a good outcome and the patient has so far been followed up for a year.
Keywords: phaeochromocytoma; Nigerian; benign; malignant phaeochromocytoma; Nigerian; benign; malignant

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Ugwumba, F.O.; Okafor, O.C.; Okoh, A.D.; Ajuzieogu, O.V. Phaeochromocytoma in a 20-Year-Old Nigerian, Resolving the Dilemma of Benignity or Malignancy. Clin. Pract. 2012, 2, e15. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e15

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Ugwumba FO, Okafor OC, Okoh AD, Ajuzieogu OV. Phaeochromocytoma in a 20-Year-Old Nigerian, Resolving the Dilemma of Benignity or Malignancy. Clinics and Practice. 2012; 2(1):e15. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e15

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Ugwumba, Fred O., Okechukwu C. Okafor, Agharighom David Okoh, and Obinna Virginus Ajuzieogu. 2012. "Phaeochromocytoma in a 20-Year-Old Nigerian, Resolving the Dilemma of Benignity or Malignancy" Clinics and Practice 2, no. 1: e15. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e15

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Ugwumba, F. O., Okafor, O. C., Okoh, A. D., & Ajuzieogu, O. V. (2012). Phaeochromocytoma in a 20-Year-Old Nigerian, Resolving the Dilemma of Benignity or Malignancy. Clinics and Practice, 2(1), e15. https://doi.org/10.4081/cp.2012.e15

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