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Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome and bilateral adrenal pheochromocytoma: sonography and MRI findings.

Baldisserotto M, Peletti AB, Angelo de Araújo M, Pertence AP, Dora MD, Maciel EO, Gaiger AM

Departamento de Radiologia, Hospital da Criança Conceição, Rua Francisco Trein 596, Porto Alegre, RS, CEP 91350-200, Brazil.

Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome is characterized by a group of clinical abnormalities, the most frequent of which are omphalocele, macroglossia, gigantism, neonatal hypoglycemia and umbilical hernia. The association of this syndrome with malignant tumors is well documented. We report a child with this syndrome associated with bilateral adrenal pheochromocytoma.

Published 12 October 2005 in Pediatr Radiol, 35(11): 1132-4.
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