Pheochromocytoma mimicking both acute coronary syndrome and sepsis: A case report

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 405-407

  Lee, Ting Wei ^a   Lin, Ke Hsun ^b   Chang, Chun Jen ^a   Lew, Wei Han ^a   Lee, Ting I ^a,c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Catecholamine; Coronary artery disease; Pheochromocytoma; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATECHOLAMINE; CEFTRIAXONE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN; TROPONIN I; VANILMANDELIC ACID; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE;

ABNORMAL LABORATORY RESULT; ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE URINE LEVEL; DOPAMINE URINE LEVEL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; NORADRENALIN URINE LEVEL; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEPSIS; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; THORAX PAIN; URINE LEVEL; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ELEVATED BLOOD PRESSURE; FEVER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTILITY; LAPAROSCOPIC ADRENALECTOMY; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATECHOLAMINES; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; SEPSIS; TROPONIN I;

EID: 84879125785     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: 14230151     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000343578     Document Type: Article

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