Pheochromocytoma in a child without hypertension: A contribution to the “rule of 10s”

Pheochromocytoma (PCC) is a neuroendocrine tumor originating from chromaffin tissue in adrenal medulla. Its diagnosis and treatment are well defined in adults, but experience in children is limited. Children constitute only 10% of reported cases, the average age at presentation being 11 years. The m...

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Main Authors: Prasanta Kumar Tripathy, Kaumudee Pattnaik, Manjushree Nayak, Hiranya Kishor Mohanty
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Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2017-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology
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Online Access:http://www.ijmpo.org/article.asp?issn=0971-5851;year=2017;volume=38;issue=1;spage=59;epage=61;aulast=Tripathy
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author Prasanta Kumar Tripathy
Kaumudee Pattnaik
Manjushree Nayak
Hiranya Kishor Mohanty
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description Pheochromocytoma (PCC) is a neuroendocrine tumor originating from chromaffin tissue in adrenal medulla. Its diagnosis and treatment are well defined in adults, but experience in children is limited. Children constitute only 10% of reported cases, the average age at presentation being 11 years. The most common presentation is sustained hypertension, which is absent in only 10% of children. We managed a 14-month-old female child with PCC, but she was not hypertensive. We report two unusual features, in this case, an extremely young age at presentation and a childhood case of nonhypertensive PCC contributing for “rule of 10s.”
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spelling doaj-art-e15f13918ce643cc8fd20ce0369e9ef72025-08-20T03:10:35ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology0971-58512017-01-01381596110.4103/0971-5851.203503Pheochromocytoma in a child without hypertension: A contribution to the “rule of 10s”Prasanta Kumar TripathyKaumudee PattnaikManjushree NayakHiranya Kishor MohantyPheochromocytoma (PCC) is a neuroendocrine tumor originating from chromaffin tissue in adrenal medulla. Its diagnosis and treatment are well defined in adults, but experience in children is limited. Children constitute only 10% of reported cases, the average age at presentation being 11 years. The most common presentation is sustained hypertension, which is absent in only 10% of children. We managed a 14-month-old female child with PCC, but she was not hypertensive. We report two unusual features, in this case, an extremely young age at presentation and a childhood case of nonhypertensive PCC contributing for “rule of 10s.”http://www.ijmpo.org/article.asp?issn=0971-5851;year=2017;volume=38;issue=1;spage=59;epage=61;aulast=TripathyAdrenal medullachromaffin cellsparagangliomapheochromocytoma
spellingShingle Prasanta Kumar Tripathy
Kaumudee Pattnaik
Manjushree Nayak
Hiranya Kishor Mohanty
Pheochromocytoma in a child without hypertension: A contribution to the “rule of 10s”
Indian Journal of Medical and Paediatric Oncology
Adrenal medulla
chromaffin cells
paraganglioma
pheochromocytoma
title Pheochromocytoma in a child without hypertension: A contribution to the “rule of 10s”
title_full Pheochromocytoma in a child without hypertension: A contribution to the “rule of 10s”
title_fullStr Pheochromocytoma in a child without hypertension: A contribution to the “rule of 10s”
title_full_unstemmed Pheochromocytoma in a child without hypertension: A contribution to the “rule of 10s”
title_short Pheochromocytoma in a child without hypertension: A contribution to the “rule of 10s”
title_sort pheochromocytoma in a child without hypertension a contribution to the rule of 10s
topic Adrenal medulla
chromaffin cells
paraganglioma
pheochromocytoma
url http://www.ijmpo.org/article.asp?issn=0971-5851;year=2017;volume=38;issue=1;spage=59;epage=61;aulast=Tripathy
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