Retinoblastoma

A rare eye tumor disease representing the most common intraocular malignancy in children. It is a life threatening neoplasia but is potentially curable and it can be hereditary or non hereditary, unilateral or bilateral.

Hypertension

The presence of chronic increased pressure in the systemic arterial system.


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PMID (PMCID)
15136974
 MALE Middle Aged
A rare combination consisting of aldosterone-producing adenoma and adrenal myelolipoma in a patient with heterozygosity for retinoblastoma (RB) gene.
Caliumi C, De Toma G, Bossini A, Cianci R, Bosman C, Genuardi M, Cerci S, Letizia C.
J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst. 2004;5(1):45-8.
In this report, a case of adrenal myelolipoma (a rare non-functioning tumour composed of mature adipose tissue and normal haematopoietic elements similar to bone marrow cells), aldosterone-producing adenoma and a pituitary microadenoma coexisting in a 62-year-old man with a 15-year history of arterial hypertension, previous ablation of an autonomously-functioning thyroid adenoma, multiple lipomas and an heterozygosity of the retinoblastoma (RB) susceptibility gene is reported.