Neuroendocrine Tumors

Shock da paura: quando è il feocromocitoma a far battere il cuore

Carbonara L, Romaniello M, Grutter G

2026/3 — pag. 75-76 — DOI

Pheochromocytoma is a rare neuroendocrine tumour in children that typically presents with hypertension but may lead to life-threatening complications. The paper reports the case of a 12-year-old boy presenting with cardiogenic shock and severe left v...

Diarrea intrattabile e neuroblastoma

Contratto c, Casabona F, Avanzini S, conte M, Gandullia P

2025/5 — pag. 127-128 — DOI

A previously healthy three-year-old girl presented with persistent diarrhoea, progressive abdominal distension and weight loss. After negative infectious and anatomical workup, abdominal imaging (ultrasound, MRI and CT) revealed a retroperitoneal mas...

Un fermacapelli intraprendente

F. Mastro, A. De Martino, T. Martucci, C. Caputo, E. Oriolo, C. Franco, S. Caramia, M. Vinci, M. Indolfi

2019/3 — pag. 193-195

A 4-year-and-10-month-old girl presented with an abundant vaginal bleeding. She had recurrent vaginitis with vaginal discharge for 5 months. There was no history of urinary frequency, abdominal pains or sexual abuse. Her mother had taken her to p...

Feocromocitoma e paraganglioma

G. Patti

2013/9 — pag. 588-589