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ArticleCase reports in endocrinology2011

Recurrent urosepsis and cardiogenic shock in an elderly patient with pheochromocytoma.

Joan Joo-Ching Khoo, Vanessa Shu-Chuan Au, Richard Yuan-Tud Chen

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Article in Case reports in endocrinology, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joan Joo-Ching KhooDepartment of Endocrinology, Changi General Hospital, Singapore 529889.
Vanessa Shu-Chuan Au
Richard Yuan-Tud Chen
Changi General Hospital · SG

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pheochromocytomas are thought to be uncommon in the elderly. However, the prevalence is likely to be higher than reported, as older patients are less likely to be diagnosed due to absence of classical symptoms of sympathetic overactivity and confounding effects of aging, comorbidities, and medications. We describe a hypertensive elderly patient with incidentally diagnosed pheochromocytoma complicated by recurrent urosepsis, cardiomyopathy, and fatal myocardial infarction. Our case demonstrates that, in older hypertensive patients without classical symptoms, orthostatic hypotension and urinary retention, which are common in the elderly, may indicate catecholamine excess and that the deleterious cardiovascular consequences of catecholamine excess in the elderly are not prevented by pharmacological α- and β-blockade.

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PMID22937290
PMCPMC3420517
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