Open AccessClinical and laboratory features of pheochromocytoma in a 52-year-old female patient
Author(s) -
Otmara Aranguren,
Idania Teresa Mora,
Maritza Cardosa,
Olga Sonia León,
María Victoria García López,
Ramón Portales
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