Pheochromocytoma crisis due to glucocorticoid administration: A case report and review of the literature

Archives of Iranian Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 190-194

  Rashid Farokhi, Farin ^a   Cheraghvandi, Ali ^b   Masjedi, Mohammad Reza ^b  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Betamethasone; Glucocorticoids; Hypertension; Pheochromocytoma; Pulmonary edema

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; METADRENALIN; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ADULT RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKALEMIA; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PNEUMONIA; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; ADRENAL TUMOR; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; INCIDENTAL FINDING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; REVIEW; URINE;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; BETAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METANEPHRINE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

EID: 67649803260     PISSN: 10292977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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