Multiple organ failure and coma as initial presentation of pheochromocytoma in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type II A

The unusual case of a 65-year-old woman with intermittent hypotension, fever, pulmonary edema and coma as initial presentation of pheochromocytoma is reported. The patient developed respiratory, cardiac and renal failure, disseminated intravascular coagulation and liver dysfunction. She, had to be d...

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Autores principales: Lorz, W., Cottier, Chr, Imhof, E., Gyr, N.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 1993
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Brief Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7095150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8103532
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01694777
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description The unusual case of a 65-year-old woman with intermittent hypotension, fever, pulmonary edema and coma as initial presentation of pheochromocytoma is reported. The patient developed respiratory, cardiac and renal failure, disseminated intravascular coagulation and liver dysfunction. She, had to be defibrillated on multiple occasions, occurring in periods of severe hypertension. After successful surgical removal of a pheochromocytoma a thyroid medullary carcinoma was detected. Several members of the patients family had presented with multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN II).
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spelling pubmed-70951502020-03-26 Multiple organ failure and coma as initial presentation of pheochromocytoma in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type II A Lorz, W. Cottier, Chr Imhof, E. Gyr, N. Intensive Care Med Brief Reports The unusual case of a 65-year-old woman with intermittent hypotension, fever, pulmonary edema and coma as initial presentation of pheochromocytoma is reported. The patient developed respiratory, cardiac and renal failure, disseminated intravascular coagulation and liver dysfunction. She, had to be defibrillated on multiple occasions, occurring in periods of severe hypertension. After successful surgical removal of a pheochromocytoma a thyroid medullary carcinoma was detected. Several members of the patients family had presented with multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN II). Springer-Verlag 1993 /pmc/articles/PMC7095150/ /pubmed/8103532 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01694777 Text en © Springer-Verlag 1993 This article is made available via the PMC Open Access Subset for unrestricted research re-use and secondary analysis in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for the duration of the World Health Organization (WHO) declaration of COVID-19 as a global pandemic.
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Multiple organ failure and coma as initial presentation of pheochromocytoma in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type II A
title Multiple organ failure and coma as initial presentation of pheochromocytoma in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type II A
title_full Multiple organ failure and coma as initial presentation of pheochromocytoma in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type II A
title_fullStr Multiple organ failure and coma as initial presentation of pheochromocytoma in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type II A
title_full_unstemmed Multiple organ failure and coma as initial presentation of pheochromocytoma in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type II A
title_short Multiple organ failure and coma as initial presentation of pheochromocytoma in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia (MEN) type II A
title_sort multiple organ failure and coma as initial presentation of pheochromocytoma in a patient with multiple endocrine neoplasia (men) type ii a
topic Brief Reports
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7095150/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8103532
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01694777
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