Phaeochromocytoma Mimicking Scleroderma

We describe a patient with adrenal phaeochromocytoma who presented with peripheral vasospasm and ischaemia and other manifestations mimicking features of systemic sclerosis, which resolved after resection of the tumor. Phaeochromocytoma should be suspected in patients with features of scleroderma wh...

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Autores principales: Khoo, Joan Joo-Ching, Pratt, Edward John
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056214/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21423542
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/917453
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description We describe a patient with adrenal phaeochromocytoma who presented with peripheral vasospasm and ischaemia and other manifestations mimicking features of systemic sclerosis, which resolved after resection of the tumor. Phaeochromocytoma should be suspected in patients with features of scleroderma who are negative for auto-antibodies.
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spelling pubmed-30562142011-03-21 Phaeochromocytoma Mimicking Scleroderma Khoo, Joan Joo-Ching Pratt, Edward John Int J Endocrinol Case Report We describe a patient with adrenal phaeochromocytoma who presented with peripheral vasospasm and ischaemia and other manifestations mimicking features of systemic sclerosis, which resolved after resection of the tumor. Phaeochromocytoma should be suspected in patients with features of scleroderma who are negative for auto-antibodies. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2011 2011-02-23 /pmc/articles/PMC3056214/ /pubmed/21423542 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/917453 Text en Copyright © 2011 J. J.-C. Khoo and E. J. Pratt. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Phaeochromocytoma Mimicking Scleroderma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3056214/
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