Damaskos Christos, Garmpis Nikolaos, Dimitroulis Dimitrios, Garmpi Anna, Farmaki Paraskevi, Patsouras Alexandros, Georgakopoulou Vasilili Epameinondas, Kyriakos Georgios, Quiles-Sanchez Lourdes Victoria, Syllaios Athanasios, Liakea Aliki, Diamantis Evangelos
Renal Transplantation Unit, Laiko General Hospital, Athens, Greece.
N.S. Christeas Laboratory of Experimental Surgery and Surgical Research, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
Maedica (Bucur). 2021 Dec;16(4):723-728. doi: 10.26574/maedica.2020.16.4.723.
Nowadays, through the wide use of both magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography, the diagnosis of adrenal incidentaloma is becoming increasingly frequent. Pheochromocytomas are neuroendocrine tumors which produce catecholamine, and they are characterized by headaches, palpitations, sweating and hypertension. Aldosterone-secreting adrenal cortical adenomas can cause various metabolic and cardiovascular diseases due to aldosterone excess. Our aim is to present a rare case of a concomitant existence of pheochromocytoma in the right adrenal and a functioning adrenal cortical adenoma in the left, worthwhile mentioning since the appearance of these two entities in different location in the same patient is unprecedented. The treatment remains challenging.
如今,随着磁共振成像和计算机断层扫描的广泛应用,肾上腺偶发瘤的诊断越来越频繁。嗜铬细胞瘤是产生儿茶酚胺的神经内分泌肿瘤,其特征为头痛、心悸、出汗和高血压。分泌醛固酮的肾上腺皮质腺瘤可因醛固酮过多而导致各种代谢和心血管疾病。我们的目的是呈现一例罕见病例,即右侧肾上腺存在嗜铬细胞瘤,左侧存在功能性肾上腺皮质腺瘤,鉴于这两种病变在同一患者的不同部位出现尚无先例,值得一提。治疗仍然具有挑战性。