{"title":"A giant malignant pheochromocytoma of the adrenal gland: biologic time bomb","authors":"Vipul D Yagnik, Jignesh B. Rathod, R. Bhatt","doi":"10.5580/f61","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUND:Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor of adrenal medulla and only 5-10% of pheochromocytoma are malignant. Surgical resection is the only mode of treatment .Methods:A case report with review of literature is presented in briefResults: Overall prognosis in benign case: 5 yr survival rate is >90% and in malignant case: about 40%","PeriodicalId":22534,"journal":{"name":"The Internet Journal of Oncology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2008-12-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"The Internet Journal of Oncology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5580/f61","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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BACKGROUND:Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor of adrenal medulla and only 5-10% of pheochromocytoma are malignant. Surgical resection is the only mode of treatment .Methods:A case report with review of literature is presented in briefResults: Overall prognosis in benign case: 5 yr survival rate is >90% and in malignant case: about 40%