Metachronous Occurrence of Multifocal Phaeochromocytoma

Abstract

The authors report an 8-yr-old boy who presented with hypertension, psychosis, and visual disturbances due to a left adrenal phaeochromocytoma which was excised. After 4 years, the child developed multifocal phaeochromocytomas in the left suprarenal area, right adrenal gland, and left para-aortic region. The tumors were excised along with re-implantation of normal adrenal tissue from the right adrenal into the omentum. The course of the disease and the family history were suggestive of von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease.

Low-Dose Quetiapine for the Treatment of Delusional Disorder in a Patient With Von Hippel-Lindau Disease

“…Brain tumors have been reported to present with paranoid delusions. 4,5 Post-surgery anatomical deficits (diaschisis) and angioblastomas may be associated with delusional presentation of this case. Clinicians should be aware that even delusional disorder associated with organicity can be adequately treated with quetiapine in this case.…”

Hypertension, sweating and palpitation in a psychotic patient – don’t miss the somatic cause

“…According to our knowledge, there are only three cases in the literature with psychosis as the first manifestation of a pheochromocytoma: in all cases psychotic symptoms disappeared after resection of the tumour without further antipsychotic treatment and did not recur during the follow-up period. 3 – 5 Although the hormonal link between psychosis and pheochromocytoma remains unclear, there are two well-defined published cases in which the psychosis was healed with resection of the pheochromocytoma. In the present case, the cannabis use in combination with the increased catecholamine levels precipitated psychosis in a vulnerable individual.…”

Ultrasonic studies on binary and ternary mixtures of some organic liquids

“…5 The method of studying the molecular interaction from the knowledge of thermodynamic parameters and their excess values with composition gives an insight into the molecular process. 6,7 The investigations regarding the molecular interaction in organic ternary liquid mixtures having aromatic hydrocarbon group as one of the compounds is of particular interest, since aromatic hydrocarbon group is highly polar and can associate with any other group having some degree of polar atoms. Ionic species play significant role in governing the physical, chemical and biological behavior of biological macromolecules like proteins, nucleic acids etc.…”