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Noncontrast-enhanced abdominal CT scan showing the 9.2 x 7.6 cm soft tissue mass arising from the left adrenal gland (white arrow). (a) Transverse image, (b) Axial image.
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The abdominal CT scan without contrast revealed a 9.2 x 7.6 cm soft tissue mass arising from the left adrenal gland (Figure 1). 
Microscopic images showing pathologic slides of the excised pheochromocytoma (a) Pheochromocytoma predominantly consisting of pleomorphic chief cells with round, hyperchromatic nuclei (black arrow) adjacent to normal adrenal tissue (white arrow). (b) Higher magnification showing zellballen (nests) surrounded by a fibrovascular stroma, with the cells showing a typical "salt and pepper" chromatin and abundant granular amphophilic cytoplasm.
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After resection and pathological confirmation of a pheochromocytoma (Figure 2), the patient's cardiovascular status rapidly stabilized.