(Department of Urology,the First Affiliated Hospital,Anhui Medical University,Hefei,230022)
Abstract Purpose:To study the diagnosis and management of extraadrenal pheochromocytoma.Methods:Clinical data of 16 ceses of extraadrenal pheochromocytoma were analysed retrospectively.Results:16 cases of extraadrenal pheochromocytoma maked up 23.7% of total pheochromocytoma during that coinstantaneous period,there were 12 patients with hypertension,4 with non-symptomatic.Total excision of the tumor was performed in all cases and no complications were found.Conclusions:The measurement of catecholamines and it′s metabolites in blood and urine were valuable for the diagnosis,the main method of tumor localization were B ultrasonograhy and CT.The preoperative administration of adrenergic blockers to control blood pressure and heart rate,the expansion of malignant pheochromocytoma depends much on long-term clinical follow up.
Key words Pheochromocytoma Catecholamine Diagnostic imaging Surgery