Bilateral Adrenal Pheochromocytoma and Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma

ALTHOUGH the first case of pheochromocytoma associated with thyroid carcinoma was reported in 19321 it was not until 1952 that this combination of neoplasms was mentioned as occurring with unusual frequency.2 In 1961 Sipple3 presented a case of his own and reviewed 51 , 4 5 6 7 cases from the literature. He suggested that the observed incidence of thyroid carcinoma in patients with pheochromocytoma was much greater than might be expected. Since then, 9 other cases with the combination of pheochromocytoma and carcinoma of the thyroid gland have been reported. The present paper outlines an additional case and offers a brief review of the . . .