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World J Clin Cases. May 16, 2015; 3(5): 474-478
Published online May 16, 2015. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v3.i5.474
Published online May 16, 2015. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v3.i5.474
Composite pheochromocytoma masquerading as solid-pseudopapillary neoplasm of pancreas
Geetanjali Gupta, Ravindra Kumar Saran, Department of Pathology, Academic Block, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi 110002, India
Satyajit Godhi, Sundeep Singh Saluja, Pramod Kumar Mishra, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Academic Block, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi 110002, India
Siddharth Srivastava, Department of Gastroenterology, Academic Block, GB Pant Hospital, New Delhi 110002, India
Author contributions: Gupta G, Godhi S, Saran RK and Saluja SS equally contributed; Gupta G and Godhi S wrote paper; Srivastava S and Saluja SS contributed in management of the patient; Saluja SS and Mishra PK revised the paper along with managing the case.
Ethics approval: We did not take any ethics committee approval as we are describing a histological surprise and not conducting an experimental study.
Informed consent: A written informed consent was taken from the patient and his relatives.
Conflict-of-interest: All the authors declare that they do not have any conflict of interest in the subject of the case report.
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Correspondence to: Sundeep Singh Saluja, Associate Professor, Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, Academic Block, GB Pant Hospital, 2, Jawaharlal Nehru Marg, New Delhi 110002, India. sundeepsaluja@yahoo.co.in
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Received: August 8, 2014
Peer-review started: August 9, 2014
First decision: October 14, 2014
Revised: November 10, 2014
Accepted: February 10, 2015
Article in press: February 12, 2015
Published online: May 16, 2015
Peer-review started: August 9, 2014
First decision: October 14, 2014
Revised: November 10, 2014
Accepted: February 10, 2015
Article in press: February 12, 2015
Published online: May 16, 2015
Core Tip
Core tip: Adrenal composite pheochromocytomas may present in various ways without hypertension and conclusive symptoms. We present a case of intraoperatively detected adrenal medullary tumour of composite pheochromocytoma and ganglioneuroneuroma diagnosed on histopathology, in a normotensive patient. The goal of this report is to increase the awareness of this rare disease and to further identify its variable presentation.