Mozambique national successfully operated for pheochromocytoma

After living with a benign tumour for the last three to four years, a 24-year-old Mozambique national received a new lease of life last month at a hospital in Ahmedabad when he was successfully operated for the rare condition of pheochromocytoma.

Kadr Rehman was detected with a mass on the adrenal gland on the right side in 2019 and had to be taken in for urgent surgery when he was brought to CIMS Hospital in Ahmedabad, Dr Nitin Singhal, who conducted the surgery, told mediapersons on Monday.

Presented with a very high blood pressure and heartbeat, Dr Singhal said the usual one to two weeks taken to prepare for such a surgery had to be skipped.

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Pheochromocytomas are rare, occurring in around two to eight patients out of every one million people.

Approximately 10 per cent of patients are found to have pheochromocytomas in both adrenal glands, which is most commonly seen in younger patients with pheochromocytoma-related genetic syndromes.