Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Malignant Pheochromocytoma with Liver Metastasis Treated by Transcatheter Arterial Chemo-Embolization (TACE)
Satoshi HidakaAtsushi HiraokaHironori OchiTakahide UeharaTomoyuki NinomiyaYasunao MiyamotoAki HasebeTetsuya TanihiraAtsushi TanabeMisa IchiryuHiromasa NakaharaNayu TazuyaIku NinomiyaKojiro Michitaka
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2010 Volume 49 Issue 7 Pages 645-651

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Abstract
Multiple liver metastatic lesions were shown by computed tomography and scintigraphy with 123I- metaiodobenzylguanidine (MIBG) in a 76-year-old woman 2 years after resection of a pheochromocytoma of the right adrenal gland. Transcatheter arterial chemo-embolization (TACE) was performed for the liver metastasis, with blood pressure strictly controlled by administration of doxazosin and phentolamine for the prevention of hypertensive crisis after TACE. There were no severe adverse events associated with the treatment, and the number and size of the lesions were decreased. TACE with strict blood pressure control was an effective and safe therapy for multiple liver metastatic lesions related to malignant pheochromocytoma.
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