Malignant pheochromocytoma with negative biochemical markers: Is it time to reclassify pheochromocytomas?

Malignant pheochromocytoma with negative biochemical markers: Is it time to reclassify pheochromocytomas?

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Pheochromocytomas are catecholamine producing tumors of adrenal gland generally diagnosed by presence of these markers in urine or plasma.However, a few may be marker-negative and challenging for clinicians.Several reports of these marker-negative pheochromocytomas may warrant necessity English Saddle for a new classification of these tumors.

Adrenergic blockade before surgery is one of Riding boot the main reasons for recognition of these cases.We present a case of marker-negative pheochromocytoma which turned out to be malignant on its recurrence.To our knowledge, this is the only case of malignant marker-negative pheochromocytoma reported in literature so far.

Keywords: Pheochromocytoma, Adrenal, Catecholamines, Hypertension.