TITLE:
Concurrence of composite adrenal pheochromocytoma-ganglioneuroma and renal pelvic cancer: A case report
AUTHORS:
Kuniyasu Muraoka, Masashi Honda, Bunya Kawamoto, Seiya Inoue, Katsuya Hikita, Nobuyuki Hinata, Atushi Takenaka
KEYWORDS:
Pheochromocytoma; Ganglioneuroma; Renal Pelvic Cancer
JOURNAL NAME:
Case Reports in Clinical Medicine,
Vol.2 No.1,
March
25,
2013
ABSTRACT: Embryologically, chromaffin cells of the pheo-chromocytoma
and ganglion cells of the ganglioneuroma are both derived from neural crest cells. Composite pheochromocytoma-ganglioneuroma
(Pheo-GN) in a single adrenal gland is very rare. A case report of a patient
with composite Pheo-GN of the adrenal gland and renal pelvic cancer is
presented. Laparoscopic left adrenalectomy,
nephroureterectomy and para-aortic lymphadenectomy were performed. This
represents the first report of simultaneous surgical treatment for composite
Pheo-GN and renal pelvic cancer.