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Arch Orthop Trauma Surg · Nov 2001
Case ReportsTwenty-six-years' survival with multiple bone metastasis of malignant pheochromocytoma.
- S Yoshida, M Hatori, T Noshiro, N Kimura, and S Kokubun.
- Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan. yoshida@gonryo.med.tohoku.ac.jp
- Arch Orthop Trauma Surg. 2001 Nov 1; 121 (10): 598-600.
AbstractThe prognosis of metastatic pheochromocytoma is poor in general. There have been few instances of long-term survival reported. We report a case of a 44-year-old woman who has survived for 26 years after bone metastasis. She was diagnosed as having pheochromocytoma arising in the left adrenal medulla in 1974. Metastasis of pheochromocytoma in the first and third lumbar vertebrae and the right ilium was observed at the same time. The primary lesion was removed, and posterior lumbar spinal fusion was performed for immobilization. The metastatic lesion in the ilium was left untouched. After 26 years, she is well despite a recurrence of the tumors in the skull and a new metastasis in the left abdomen.
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