Hemorrhagic pheochromocytoma associated with systemic corticosteroid therapy and presenting as myocardial infarction with severe hypertension

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 563-569

  Brown, Hilary ^a   Goldberg, Philip A ^a   Selter, Jared G ^a   Cabin, Henry S ^a   Marieb, Norman J ^a   Udelsman, Robert ^a   Setaro, John F ^a,b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b 3 FMP ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; CORTICOSTEROID; CREATINE KINASE MB; DEXAMETHASONE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LABETALOL; METADRENALIN; METIROSINE; METOPROLOL; NORADRENALIN; NORMETADRENALIN; TERAZOSIN; TROPONIN I; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BLEEDING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CATECHOLAMINE SYNTHESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECG ABNORMALITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MIGRAINE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR BLEEDING;

ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA;

EID: 12244275245     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2004-1077     Document Type: Conference Paper

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