Pathologic Fracture as Primary Presentation of Malignant Pheochromocytoma: A Case Report
Pheochromocytoma is a relatively rare tumor with no age preference. This tumor is usually diagnosed accidentally. Pathologic fracture as the primary presentation of malignant pheochromocytoma is an uncommon presentation. The present case is a 23 year old man with malignant pheochromocytoma that his...
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| author | Azar Fanipakdel Yasamin Davoudi Seyed Alireza Javadinia Mahdi Silanian Toosi |
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| description | Pheochromocytoma is a relatively rare tumor with no age preference. This tumor is usually diagnosed accidentally. Pathologic fracture as the primary presentation of malignant pheochromocytoma is an uncommon presentation. The present case is a 23 year old man with malignant pheochromocytoma that his first chief complaint was bone pain due to pathological fracture. The presence of bone lesions as the first manifestation of pheochromocytoma makes this case a quite unusual one. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8e535eaab14b40e792c34aae79c758822022-12-21T22:12:31ZengTehran University of Medical SciencesActa Medica Iranica0044-60251735-96942019-01-0156125488Pathologic Fracture as Primary Presentation of Malignant Pheochromocytoma: A Case ReportAzar Fanipakdel0Yasamin Davoudi1Seyed Alireza Javadinia2Mahdi Silanian Toosi3Cancer Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.2 Department of Radiology, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.Student Research Committee, School of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.Cancer Research Center, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran.Pheochromocytoma is a relatively rare tumor with no age preference. This tumor is usually diagnosed accidentally. Pathologic fracture as the primary presentation of malignant pheochromocytoma is an uncommon presentation. The present case is a 23 year old man with malignant pheochromocytoma that his first chief complaint was bone pain due to pathological fracture. The presence of bone lesions as the first manifestation of pheochromocytoma makes this case a quite unusual one.https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/5488PheochromocytomaPathologic fractureInitial presentation |
| spellingShingle | Azar Fanipakdel Yasamin Davoudi Seyed Alireza Javadinia Mahdi Silanian Toosi Pathologic Fracture as Primary Presentation of Malignant Pheochromocytoma: A Case Report Acta Medica Iranica Pheochromocytoma Pathologic fracture Initial presentation |
| title | Pathologic Fracture as Primary Presentation of Malignant Pheochromocytoma: A Case Report |
| title_full | Pathologic Fracture as Primary Presentation of Malignant Pheochromocytoma: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Pathologic Fracture as Primary Presentation of Malignant Pheochromocytoma: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pathologic Fracture as Primary Presentation of Malignant Pheochromocytoma: A Case Report |
| title_short | Pathologic Fracture as Primary Presentation of Malignant Pheochromocytoma: A Case Report |
| title_sort | pathologic fracture as primary presentation of malignant pheochromocytoma a case report |
| topic | Pheochromocytoma Pathologic fracture Initial presentation |
| url | https://acta.tums.ac.ir/index.php/acta/article/view/5488 |
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