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CT images showing the giant suprarenal lesion abutting the spleen but with no invasion of the kidney or the renal vein.
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The left renal vein was normal and the lesion was slightly abutting the spleen ( Figure 1).
Cut specimen of the excised lesion showing areas of scattered hemorrhages.
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There was a well demarcated plane to dissect the tumor from the surrounding structures ( Figure 2).
Histopathology revealing characteristic zellballen nests of cells separated by fibro vascular stroma.
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Histopathological study revealed zellballen nests of chromaffin cells with no invasion of the capsule ( Figure 3), which is highly suggestive of a benign pheochromocytoma.