Adrenalectomy for incidental and symptomatic phaeochromocytoma: retrospective multicentre study based on the Eurocrine® database.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Phaeochromocytoma is sometimes not diagnosed before surgery and may present as an adrenal incidentaloma. The aim of this study was to investigate differences in clinical presentation and perioperative outcome in patients with subclinical and symptomatic phaeochromocytoma, and in patients operated with and without preoperative α-blockade.

Methods

This was a retrospective observational study of patients with a histopathological diagnosis of phaeochromocytoma registered in Eurocrine®, the European registry for endocrine tumours, between 1 January 2015 and 31 March 2020. Patient characteristics, clinical presentation, tumour detection, and perioperative variables were analysed.

Results

Some 551 patients were included. Of these, 486 patients (88.2 per cent) had

SUBMITTER: Hallin Thompson L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10364866 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature