López Ferrandis J, Saiz Sansi A, Cervera Delgado M, Rioja Zuazu J, Regojo Balboa J Maria, Berián Polo J M
Departamento de Urología, Clinica Universitaria de Navarra, Pamplona.
Actas Urol Esp. 2005 Mar;29(3):281-6. doi: 10.1016/s0210-4806(05)73240-x.
Pheochromocytoma, a paraganglioma of suprarenal location, is a catecholamine-secreting chromaffin cell tumour. Spread of these tumours to the vena cava is rare and the thrombus only reaches the right atrium in exceptional cases. We present the case of a patient who, without previous symptomatology, presented with a clinical picture of multiorganic dysfunction with primary manifestation of a suprarenal tumour with vascular spread to the right atrium affecting the right suprahepatic vein.