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Cutaneous metastasis of pheochromocytoma in multiple endocrine neoplasia IIB.

Duquia RP, de Almeida HL, Traesel M, Jannke HA

Catholic University of Pôrto Alegre, Brazil. rodrigoduquia@terra.com.br

Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor originating from neuroectodermic cells. Only 10% of these tumors are malignant. There are many familial forms of this tumor, including multiple endocrine neoplasia type II, Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome, and neurofibromatosis type I. Skin manifestations of pheochromocytoma are rare, and cutaneous metastasis in patients with multiple endocrine neoplasia IIB has never been described. The case of a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia IIB who presented malignant pheochromocytoma with multiple cutaneous metastasis is described.

Published 17 July 2006 in J Am Acad Dermatol, 55(2): 341-4.
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