Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema as the sole manifestation of pheochromocytoma. | Zendy

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Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema as the sole manifestation of pheochromocytoma.

Author(s) -

Peter W. de Leeuw,

Frans L. Waltman,

W. H. Birkenhäger

Publication year - 1986

Publication title -

hypertension

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.986

H-Index - 265

eISSN - 1524-4563

pISSN - 0194-911X

DOI - 10.1161/01.hyp.8.9.810

Subject(s) - pulmonary edema , medicine , pheochromocytoma , edema , pulmonary oedema , norepinephrine , peripheral edema , cerebral edema , heart failure , anesthesia , cardiology , lung , adverse effect , dopamine

A 40-year-old man was admitted to the hospital with pulmonary edema without signs of left ventricular failure. Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema was diagnosed, and a subsequent workup identified a pheochromocytoma as the cause of this condition. The clinical picture could be mimicked by infusion of exogenous norepinephrine. It is concluded that surges of catecholamines from a pheochromocytoma may provoke pulmonary edema in a manner similar to that by which neurogenic pulmonary edema related to cerebral disorders occurs.

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