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Acute Pulmonary Edema as a Cardiovascular Manifestation of Pheochromocytoma

Pheochromocytoma most commonly presents with the triad of paroxysms of headache, palpitations, and diaphoresis. Pheochromocytoma crisis, caused by a supra-physiological surge of catecholamine release, is an endocrine emergency that can present with various clinical manifestations. Acute pulmonary ed...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ng, Daniel Z, Than Yu, Kyi Pyar, Rajkanna, Jeyanthy
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9918853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36788877
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.33675
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Sumario:Pheochromocytoma most commonly presents with the triad of paroxysms of headache, palpitations, and diaphoresis. Pheochromocytoma crisis, caused by a supra-physiological surge of catecholamine release, is an endocrine emergency that can present with various clinical manifestations. Acute pulmonary edema is one of the manifestations of pheochromocytoma crisis and can be either cardiogenic or non-cardiogenic. Here, we report cases of acute pulmonary edema of each type, related to pheochromocytoma crisis, which were presented to our district general hospital in 2020.