Unusual presentation of pheochromocytoma with ischemic sigmoid colitis and stenosis

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1068-1070

  Tan, Florence ^a   Thai, Ah Chuan ^a,b   Cheah, Wei Keat ^a,b   Mukherjee, J J ^a,b  

^a SARAWAK GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Malaysia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension; Ischemic colitis; Pheochromocytoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BISOPROLOL; CATECHOLAMINE; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; INSULIN; LISINOPRIL; METADRENALIN; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADRENAL TUMOR; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLITIS; COLON BIOPSY; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; SIGMOID; STENOSIS; TACHYCARDIA;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CATECHOLAMINES; COLITIS, ISCHEMIC; COLON, SIGMOID; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PROPRANOLOL; SIGMOID DISEASES;

EID: 70349795948     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181b571e6     Document Type: Article

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