Adrenal gland & paraganglia
Pheochromocytoma / paraganglioma
Composite pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma
Author: Nat Pernick, M.D.
Last author update: 1 August 2017
Last staff update: 2 December 2022
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PubMed Search: Composite pheochromocytoma
Cite this page: Pernick N. Composite pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/adrenalcompositepheochromocytoma.html. Accessed June 2nd, 2023.
Epidemiology
- Composite tumors with neuroblastoma, ganglioneuroma or ganglioneuroblastoma may be associated with neurofibromatosis 1 (Mod Pathol 2002;15:183)
Case reports
- 34 year old man with MEN 2A and adrenal mass - composite pheochromocytoma-ganglioneuroma (Case #319)
- 34 year old man with MEN 2A, composite with ganglioneuroma, diffuse and nodular medullary hyperplasia (Am J Surg Pathol 1997;21:102)
- 39 year old woman with composite tumor with malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor (Arch Pathol Lab Med 1988;112:266)
- 48 year old man with neurofibromatosis 1 and bilateral composite tumors with malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumor and GANT (Am J Surg Pathol 1996;20:889)
- Composite tumor with ganglioneuroma and separate renal angiomyolipoma (Arch Pathol Lab Med 1985;109:470)
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