A Case of Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy with Large Left Ventricular Thrombus.
- Author:
Duck Hyun JANG
1
;
Jinsik PARK
;
Myung Shin KANG
;
Tae Hoon KIM
;
Dong Hee SHIN
;
Ji Hye LEE
;
Myung Joon CHAE
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine and Sejong Medical Research Institute, Sejong General Hospital, Bucheon, Korea. pjsheart@naver.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Pheochromocytoma;
Thrombosis;
Embolization
- MeSH:
Adrenalectomy;
Angina Pectoris;
Arrhythmias, Cardiac;
Cardiomyopathies*;
Cardiomyopathy, Dilated;
Catheters;
Female;
Headache;
Heart Failure;
Hospitalization;
Humans;
Hyperglycemia;
Hypertension;
Myocardial Infarction;
Pheochromocytoma*;
Tachycardia;
Thrombosis*
- From:Korean Journal of Medicine
2014;87(1):77-80
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The clinical presentation of pheochromocytoma is variable. The classic symptoms are headache, diaphoresis, and tachycardia, with paroxysmal hypertension. Other less common cardiovascular manifestations, such as arrhythmias, angina pectoris, acute myocardial infarction, dilated cardiomyopathy, and acute heart failure, have been reported occasionally. We present the case of a middle-aged woman who had stress-induced cardiomyopathy with a left ventricular thrombus, due to the pheochromocytoma. The thrombus was embolized to the aorto-iliac bifurcation during hospitalization. We removed the thrombus by a catheter thromboembolectomy and performed a surgical left adrenalectomy. After the operation, all of her symptoms and the underlying diseases (hypertension, hyperglycemia, heart failure, dyslipidemia) resolved.
