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Adult respiratory distress syndrome in a pregnant patient with a pheochromocytoma
Author(s) -
Feldman Jerome M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
journal of surgical oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.201
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1096-9098
pISSN - 0022-4790
DOI - 10.1002/jso.2930290103
Subject(s) - medicine , respiratory distress , pheochromocytoma , distress , pregnancy , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , general surgery , obstetrics , surgery , clinical psychology , biology , genetics
Five weeks after developing spells of shortness of breath, headache, weakness and abdominal pain, a 29‐year‐old woman, who was in the 36th week of her third pregnancy developed adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Although the ARDS resolved after a cesarean section, her infant died at birth. Her “spells” continued until a left pheochromocytoma was diagnosed and resected 2 years later. If there are no other known inciting causes of ARDS in a pregnant patient, a pheochromocytoma should be ruled out with appropriate catecholamine determinations.