Paraganglioma of the Urinary Bladder: A Rare Cause of Hypertension and Urinary Tract Infections.

Paraganglioma of the Urinary Bladder: A Rare Cause of Hypertension and Urinary Tract Infections.

Am J Med Sci. 2018 Feb;355(2):191-194

Authors: Chaaya G, Morales J, Castiglioni A, Subhani N, Asmar A

Abstract
Pheochromocytoma is a neoplasm, which develops from cells of the chromaffin tissues that are derived from the ectodermic neural system and mostly situated within the adrenal medulla. Approximately 15% of pheochromocytoma cases arise from extra-adrenal chromaffin tissue. Pheochromocytoma of the bladder is rare and accounts for less than 0.06% of all bladder neoplasms and less than 1% of all pheochromocytomas. We report a case of a young woman who presented with uncontrolled hypertension, recurrent urinary tract infections and micturition attacks and was found to have a metastatic bladder paraganglioma. In addition, we provide a summary table of the clinical manifestations of paragangliomas based on anatomic locations.

PMID: 29406048 [PubMed - in process]

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