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This is apparently the first report on connatal hemihypertrophy with malignant pheochromocytoma. The coincidence of hemihypertrophy with other diseases, particularly neuroectodermal dysplasias on the one hand and the frequent association of neuroectodermal dysplasias with pheochromocytoma on the other, are emphasized. Furthermore, basically known particularities of this case as malignancy of the tumor, the unusual size of the tumor in children, and the normal catecholamine levels in serum as well as the normal excretion of vanillylmandelic acid are discussed.
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Schnakenburg, K.v., Müller, M., Dörner, K. et al. Congenital hemihypertrophy and malignant giant pheochromocytoma — a previously undescribed coincidence. Eur J Pediatr 122, 263–273 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00481506
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