Concurrent pheochromocytoma and cortical carcinoma of the adrenal gland.

摘要

We report the case of a 46-year-old Caucasian woman who was admitted in June 2009 to Padova University Hospital for pain in the left flank. In her medical history, the patient had undergone laparotomic excision of a pheochromocytoma (Pheo) in the left adrenal gland (November 2008).A laparoscopic biopsy from the left kidney (inferior pole) revealed a monomorphic population of small cells with round nuclei and inconspicuous nucleoli, with no cellular atypia, nor tumor necrosis.