Udaipur : Geetanjali Medical College & Hospital have performed a successful Adrenalectomy Surgery of a giant pheochromocytoma on a 40 year old woman claiming it to be the first successful case in Rajasthan. The team of Urologist Dr. Pankaj Trivedi & Dr. Vishwas Baheti and Anesthetist Dr. Uday Pratap, OT Staff Avinash Ameta, Pushkar Saini, Jaiprakash Salve & Praveen Ahari, conducted the surgery.
Sagwara resident Mani Devi Damor (Age 40 years) was suffering from high blood pressure, nausea, headache and occasional pain at the left side of kidney from past two years. A visit to a local hospital of the district he was referred to Geetanjali Hospital for further treatment. On consultation at Urology Dept. of GMCH & CT Scan & MRI investigations confirmed the presence of a giant tumor of approximate 11 centimeters size at adrenal gland. This tumor is termed as Pheochromocytoma. A pheochromocytoma is a rare, catecholamine-secreting tumor that may precipitate life-threatening hypertension. The tumor is malignant in 10% of cases but may be cured completely by surgical removal. The surgery lasted three-n-half hours. Giant Pheochromocytomas occurs very rare and has a ratio of 1:100 standard Pheochromocytomas.