Endocrine Abstracts

Background: A 27-years-old women affected by recurrent pheocromocytoma/paragangliomas. We describe the evolution of disease and the surgical approach. The patient underwent a two-steps bilateral adrenalectomy for pheocromocytoma. At 15 years she underwent a left adrenalectomy. At 19 a right adrenalectomy+removal of paracaval paraganglioma were performed. After 8 years of good health she experienced again headache, tachycardia and hypertension not responsive to therapy. A diagn...