Composite Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Severe Lactic Acidosis and Back Pain: A Case Report

Pheochromocytoma is a rare, catecholamine secreting tumor arising from chromaffin cells. Presentation of this tumor is highly variable, the most common being hypertension, tachycardia, sweating, and headache. Lactic acidosis and back pain are rare complications of this tumor. We report a 51-year-old...

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Autores principales: Manoj Kumar, R. Mathi, Narayanan, N. K., Raghunath, K. J., Rajagopalan, S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6755925/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31571743
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijn.IJN_67_18
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Sumario:Pheochromocytoma is a rare, catecholamine secreting tumor arising from chromaffin cells. Presentation of this tumor is highly variable, the most common being hypertension, tachycardia, sweating, and headache. Lactic acidosis and back pain are rare complications of this tumor. We report a 51-year-old gentleman with composite pheochromocytoma, which is rarer than pheochromocytoma, presenting as severe back pain and lactic acidosis.

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