Interleukin-6 Producing Pheochromocytoma: A Rare Cause of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome
| Autor: | Leonor Gomes, Isabel Paiva, Nelson Carvalho Cunha, Joana Saraiva |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
endocrine system Endocrinology Diabetes and Metabolism medicine.medical_treatment 030209 endocrinology & metabolism Case Report 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology lcsh:Diseases of the endocrine glands. Clinical endocrinology Pheochromocytoma 03 medical and health sciences Cushing syndrome 0302 clinical medicine Internal medicine medicine Leukocytosis Interleukin 6 lcsh:RC648-665 biology Thrombocytosis business.industry Adrenalectomy Normocytic anemia medicine.disease Systemic inflammatory response syndrome Endocrinology biology.protein medicine.symptom business hormones hormone substitutes and hormone antagonists |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Endocrinology, Vol 2019 (2019) Case Reports in Endocrinology |
| ISSN: | 2090-6501 |
| Popis: | Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) can be a rare manifestation of pheochromocytoma, since this adrenal tumor may produce cytokines and other hormones or neuropeptides besides catecholamines. We report the case of a 53-year-old female patient with a pheochromocytoma that presented with fever and weight loss of 5% in one month along with normocytic anemia, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis, and elevated C-reactive protein. In this setting, interleukin-6 (IL-6) was requested and was elevated [26.7ng/L ( |
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