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Endocrine Abstracts (2023) 90 EP61 | DOI: 10.1530/endoabs.90.EP61

Faculty Of Medicine And Pharmacy, Casablanca, Morocco


Introduction: Pheochromocytoma is a rare endocrinopathy, most often benign. Early and multidisciplinary management of this disease allows to avoid its dreadful complications.

Objective: To describe the epidemiological, clinical and biological characteristics of patients with pheochromocytoma.

Patients and Methods: Retro-prospective descriptive study, including patients hospitalized in the Endocrinology Department of CHU Ibn Rochd of Casablanca from 1996 to 2022. Data analysis was done by SPSS software.

Results: The mean age was 47.3 years, the sex ratio was 1.07. The main symptom was hypertension followed by Menard’s triad. Cardiac and/or renal complications were found in 29% of patients. The location of the tumor was adrenal in the majority of cases (94%). The management was essentially surgical preceded by a medical preparation. A delay in diagnosis with an incidental finding was found in 28%. The anatomo-pathology was benign in the majority of cases with 7 cases of malignant pheochromocytoma. Death was recorded in 7 patients.

Conclusion: Pheochromocytoma is a rare and often benign endocrinopathy. Our work shows the delay of the diagnosis at the stage of complications of this pathology.

Volume 90

25th European Congress of Endocrinology

Istanbul, Turkey
13 May 2023 - 16 May 2023

European Society of Endocrinology 

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