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A 16 year old male with a four year history of recurrent pheochromocytoma develops multiple osseous lytic lesions in the skull, clavicle, ribs, and fibula all of an expansile, ill-defined appearance. These are biopsy proven metastatic sites. To our knowledge this is the first reported proven case of malignant extra-adrenal or adrenal pheochromocytoma with multiple bone metastases in a child.
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Lorenzo, R.L. Malignant recurrent extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma in a child A case report. Pediatr Radiol 5, 175–177 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00973986
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