Pheochromocytoma Masquerading as “Diabetic Ketoacidosis”

Diabetic ketoacidosis is a routinely encountered diagnosis in medicine. Physicians are trained early on to look for precipitants. Most clinicians assess for medication compliance, infection, ischemia, and the like. We present a case of pheochromocytoma presenting as “diabetic ketoacidosis.” The case...

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Autores principales: Hedley, Jeffrey Stephen, Law, Sidney, Phookan, Sujoy, Lee, Maria Nien-Feng, Ioachimescu, Adriana, Levit, Rebecca D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2016
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4843050/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27152317
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709616646128
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author Hedley, Jeffrey Stephen
Law, Sidney
Phookan, Sujoy
Lee, Maria Nien-Feng
Ioachimescu, Adriana
Levit, Rebecca D.
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Law, Sidney
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description Diabetic ketoacidosis is a routinely encountered diagnosis in medicine. Physicians are trained early on to look for precipitants. Most clinicians assess for medication compliance, infection, ischemia, and the like. We present a case of pheochromocytoma presenting as “diabetic ketoacidosis.” The case serves as an example for broadening the differential diagnosis for patients with similar presentations. Additionally, the case helps inform our understanding of the so-called “stress reactions” that are commonly invoked in clinical rationale.
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spelling pubmed-48430502016-05-05 Pheochromocytoma Masquerading as “Diabetic Ketoacidosis” Hedley, Jeffrey Stephen Law, Sidney Phookan, Sujoy Lee, Maria Nien-Feng Ioachimescu, Adriana Levit, Rebecca D. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep Case Report Diabetic ketoacidosis is a routinely encountered diagnosis in medicine. Physicians are trained early on to look for precipitants. Most clinicians assess for medication compliance, infection, ischemia, and the like. We present a case of pheochromocytoma presenting as “diabetic ketoacidosis.” The case serves as an example for broadening the differential diagnosis for patients with similar presentations. Additionally, the case helps inform our understanding of the so-called “stress reactions” that are commonly invoked in clinical rationale. SAGE Publications 2016-04-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4843050/ /pubmed/27152317 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2324709616646128 Text en © 2016 American Federation for Medical Research http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4843050/
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