[Bilateral pheochromocytomas with von Hippel-Lindau's disease: a case report]

Nihon Hinyokika Gakkai Zasshi. 1998 Aug;89(8):726-9. doi: 10.5980/jpnjurol1989.89.726.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

A case of bilateral pheochromocytomas with von Hippel-Lindau's disease (VHL) is reported. A 46-year-old woman who had hyperglycemia was admitted to our hospital because of abdominal tumors. Her elder sister and niece had been diagnosed as VHL. Ultrasonography, CT, and MRI revealed bilateral adrenal tumors. Noradrenaline levels in serum and urine were elevated and 131I-MIBG scintigraphy showed accumulation in bilateral adrenal glands. Moreover, she had bilateral renal cysts and cerebellar hemangioblastoma. Bilateral adrenalectomies were performed and pathological diagnosis was pheochromocytoma. This is the seventh case of bilateral pheochromocytomas with VHL reported in Japan.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / complications*
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / surgery
  • Adrenalectomy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pheochromocytoma / complications*
  • Pheochromocytoma / surgery
  • von Hippel-Lindau Disease / complications*
  • von Hippel-Lindau Disease / genetics