CYSTIC PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA - RADIOLOGIC-DIAGNOSIS

PHEOCHROMOCYTOMAS are rare neuroendocrine tumors that cause symptomatic paroxysms due to catecholamine secretion. An unusual variant of the pheochromocytoma is the cystic pheochromocytoma. Two case reports and a review of the English language literature form the basis of this report, which correlates the computed tomography (CT) and pathologic findings of the cystic pheochromocytoma and outlines strategies in the radiologic evaluation of pheochromocytoma.