SECTION EDITOR: GRACE S. ROZYCKI, MD
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Stacey D. Moore-Olufemi, MD; Angela Cheng, MD; Gary A. Vercruysse, MD
A 26-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WAS ADMITTED TO our hospital, a few months after giving birth to her second child, with a history of new-onset uncontrolled hypertension and diabetes diagnosed during her sec- ond pregnancy. The patient underwent early induction of her labor because her symptoms were thought to be secondary to preeclampsia. After delivery, the patient
Author Affiliations: Department of Surgery, University of Texas Medical School at Houston.
continued to have severe hypertension and hyperglyce- mia not controlled by maximum antihypertensive and glu- cose-control medications. A magnetic resonance image was obtained (Figure). The patient underwent exploratory lapa- rotomy with right adrenalectomy and oophorectomy.
What Is the Diagnosis?
A. Renal cell carcinoma
B. Pheochromocytoma
C. Neuroblastoma
D. Adrenocortical carcinoma
A
B