A Case of Pheochromocytoma Manifested as Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema

Authors

Tuncer TUĞ
Necmi ÖZDEMİR
Vedat BULUT
Aziz KARAOĞLU
M.Hamdi MUZ

DOI

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Abstract

Pheochromocytoma is known as chromaffin cell tumor frequently originated from adrenal medulla and results in hypersecretion of catecholamines (1). Typical clinical findings include headache, palpitation, excessive sweating and paroxysmal hypertension, which persistently maintains in 60% of the cases. Generally, paroxysm or attacks are often, but they can appear with intervals of weeks or months (1, 2). Additionally, tachycardia, bradycardia and/or fatal arrhythmia, acute myocard infarcts, spasms in coroner arteries, carcinoid-like manifestations, hyperamilasemi, acute abdomen, chest pain, intolerance to carbohydrates, nephritic syndrome (very rare), cardiac pulmonary edema, cardiomyopathie caused by catecholamines and very rarely noncardiogenic pulmonary edema may develop (3, 4, 5, 6).

Keywords

Pheochromocytoma, Noncardio

First Page

71

Last Page

74

Recommended Citation

TUĞ, Tuncer; ÖZDEMİR, Necmi; BULUT, Vedat; KARAOĞLU, Aziz; and MUZ, M.Hamdi (1999) "A Case of Pheochromocytoma Manifested as Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema," Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences: Vol. 29: No. 1, Article 15. Available at: https://journals.tubitak.gov.tr/medical/vol29/iss1/15