The paradox of hypotension and pheochromocytoma: a case report
| Autor: | Luc Huyghens, Brigitte Velkeniers, Marc Diltoer, Dimitri De Wilde |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Critical Care |
| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
Shock
Cardiogenic/etiology medicine.medical_specialty Fulminant Shock Cardiogenic Pheochromocytoma/complications Pheochromocytoma Disease Cardiovascular shock Diagnosis Differential Catecholamines Fatal Outcome Internal medicine medicine Humans Collapse (medical) Hypotension/etiology Medicine(all) Catecholamines/metabolism business.industry Middle Aged medicine.disease Pheochromocytoma crisis Shock (circulatory) Acute Disease Emergency Medicine Cardiology Female Hypotension Differential diagnosis medicine.symptom Emergency Service Hospital business |
| Zdroj: | European Journal of Emergency Medicine. 11:237-239 |
| ISSN: | 0969-9546 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/01.mej.0000134729.95226.e7 |
| Popis: | Pheochromocytomas produce, store and secrete catecholamines. Diagnosis is often suspected in young patients with severe hypertension. We present the case of a 47-year-old woman without a previous history of hypertension, whose initial presentation was cardiovascular shock. Despite early diagnosis of the disease, the fulminant evolution of the pheochromocytoma crisis was fatal a few hours after admission. Only a few therapeutic options remain when haemodynamic collapse is catecholamine induced. |
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