Long-term Functional and Oncologic Outcomes of Partial Adrenalectomy for Pheochromocytoma.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the recurrence and functional outcomes in a primarily hereditary cohort of patients undergoing partial adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma.

Methods

A retrospective review from a prospectively managed database of patients undergoing partial adrenalectomy from 1995 to 2018 at the National Cancer Institute was performed. Local recurrence was defined as imaging evidence of a recurrent or de novo lesion on the operative side. Steroid dependency was defined as requiring daily steroid replacement at time of last follow-up.

Results

One hundred and twenty-four partial adrenalectomies, removing 162 tumors, were performed in 107 patients. Most patients had a known hereditary predisposition to develop bilateral, multifocal, and recurrent pheochromocytoma. Med

SUBMITTER: Gomella PT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7255958 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature