Rare life‑threatening bleeding due to spontaneous rupture of extraadrenal pheochromocytoma

Česká verzia

Authors: Vít Paldus ¹; Vladimír Šámal ^1,2; Jan Mečl ¹
Authors place of work: Urologické oddělení Krajské nemocnice Liberec, a. s. ¹; Urologická klinika Fakultní nemocnice a Lékařské fakulty UK, Hradec Králové ²
Published in the journal: Ces Urol 2018; 22(1): 48-51
Category: Case report

Summary

We present a case report of rare life-threatening bleeding due to spontaneous rupture of an extraadrenal pheochromocytoma – paraganglioma. A thirty eight year-old patient with developing hemorhagic shock underwent emergency surgery due to lifethreatening spontaneous retroperitoneal bleeding with surprising finding – histologically verified extraadrenal pheochromocytoma.

Key words:
Extraadrenal pheochromocytoma, Wunderlich‘ s syndrome, spontaneous bleeding into retroperitoneum.

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