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Otmara Aranguren Barreto | Zendy; Idania Teresa Mora López | Zendy; Maritza Cardosa Samón | Zendy; Olga León González | Zendy; María Victoria López Soto | Zendy; Ramón Portales Rodríguez Pérez | Zendy

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Clinical and laboratory features of pheochromocytoma in a 52-year-old female patient

Author(s) -

Otmara Aranguren Barreto,

Idania Teresa Mora López,

Maritza Cardosa Samón,

Olga León González,

María Victoria López Soto,

Ramón Portales Rodríguez Pérez

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

medwave

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.178

H-Index - 7

ISSN - 0717-6384

DOI - 10.5867/medwave.2014.03.5942

Subject(s) - medicine , pheochromocytoma , biopsy , echogenicity , gynecology , nuclear medicine , surgery , radiology , ultrasonography

The article aims to describe the clinical and laboratory features of a female patient suffering from pheochromocytoma. The case is a 52-year-old female patient who presents to our healthcare center with high blood pressure, cold limbs, sweating, jitteriness, and episodes of oppressive chest pain that appear several times per day. She also reports fatigue and a 13-kilogram weight loss. The sonogram revealed a nodular image in the right adrenal gland that had low echogenicity and regular margins measuring 5 mm. The image was confirmed with a contrast-enhanced adrenal CAT scan. Urine vanillylmandelic acid levels were high and an adrenal biopsy confirmed a pheochromocytoma measuring 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm

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