We present the case of a 54-year-old female patient with a family history of multiple endocrine neoplasia type II, with a genetic study for MEN 2 IIA EXON 11, CG6B c634, onset
with hypertensive heart disease and diastolic dysfunction, tomographic finding of bilateral adrenal tumor by imaging. A conventional transabdominal adrenalectomy was performed,
finding a right tumor with a capsule corresponding to pheochromocytoma with a weight of 1,100 g of 14.5 cm of greater diameter with invasion of the capsule without breaking it, and
a left adrenal tumor corresponding to pheochromocytoma with a weight of 950 g of 15 cm of greater diameter.
Keywords: Pheochromocytoma, Multiple endocrine neoplasia, adrenalectomy, retroperitoneum, adrenal gland."
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