TY - JOUR
T1 - Radiation treatment of recurrent pheochromocytoma of the bladder
T2 - Case report and review of literature
AU - Naguib, Marco
AU - Caceres, Marta
AU - Thomas, Charles R.
AU - Herman, Terence S.
AU - Eng, Tony Y.
PY - 2002/2/18
Y1 - 2002/2/18
N2 - Secondary to the paucity of pheochromocytoma, very limited data exist regarding the optimal treatments of metastatic disease. Malignant pheochromocytomas are often considered unresponsive to radiotherapy, but this decision is based on the few case reports performed before 1970. There have been a handful of reports about metastatic resolution and palliation from radiation therapy. Nevertheless, radiotherapy is not considered a mainstay of pheochromocytoma treatment. In this case report, we describe a patient with a malignant extraadrenal pheochromocytoma, metastatic to the right humerus, and her treatment course of surgery and radiotherapy.
AB - Secondary to the paucity of pheochromocytoma, very limited data exist regarding the optimal treatments of metastatic disease. Malignant pheochromocytomas are often considered unresponsive to radiotherapy, but this decision is based on the few case reports performed before 1970. There have been a handful of reports about metastatic resolution and palliation from radiation therapy. Nevertheless, radiotherapy is not considered a mainstay of pheochromocytoma treatment. In this case report, we describe a patient with a malignant extraadrenal pheochromocytoma, metastatic to the right humerus, and her treatment course of surgery and radiotherapy.
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U2 - 10.1097/00000421-200202000-00008
DO - 10.1097/00000421-200202000-00008
M3 - Article
C2 - 11823694
AN - SCOPUS:0036164664
VL - 25
SP - 42
EP - 44
JO - American Journal of Clinical Oncology
JF - American Journal of Clinical Oncology
SN - 0277-3732
IS - 1
ER -