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Pheochromocytoma multisystem crisis treated with emergency surgery: a case report and literature review.
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- A 42-Year-Old Woman Presenting With Pheochromocytoma Multisystem Crisis Associated With Bilateral Pheochromocytomas Due to Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2A.The American journal of case reports · 2026Article
- Pheochromocytoma Across the Perioperative Course: Current Concepts and Clinical Management.Anesthesiology research and practice · 2026Review
- Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) as a key tool in the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma: a case report in an elderly patient with extreme blood pressure variability.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
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- Management of pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas: Review of current diagnosis and treatment options.Cancer medicine · 2023Review
- Clinical characteristics and outcomes of pheochromocytoma crisis: a literature review of 200 cases.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2022Review
- When a Multidisciplinary Approach Is Life-Saving: A Case Report of Cardiogenic Shock Induced by a Large Pheochromocytoma.Diseases (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Case Report: Surgical Intervention Under Pheochromocytoma Multisystem Crisis: Timing and Approach.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
- Precision Medicine in Phaeochromocytoma and Paraganglioma.Journal of personalized medicine · 2021Review
- Johnson and Johnson COVID-19 Vaccination Triggering Pheochromocytoma Multisystem Crisis.Cureus · 2021Article
- Chlorpromazine Efficiently Treats the Crisis of Pheochromocytoma: Four Case Reports and Literature Review.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Article
- Life-Saving Emergency Adrenalectomy in a Pheochromocytoma Crisis with Cardiogenic Shock.Case reports in cardiology · 2021Article
- Adrenal Incidentaloma.Endocrine reviews · 2020Review
- Multidisciplinary management of a large pheochromocytoma presenting with cardiogenic shock: a case report.BMC urology · 2019Article
- Fever of Unknown Origin: Could It Be a Pheochromocytoma? A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Case reports in endocrinology · 2018Article
- Livedo reticularis: a cutaneous clue to an underlying endocrine crisis.Endocrinology, diabetes & metabolism case reports · 2018Article
- Giant Cystic Pheochromocytoma with Low Risk of Malignancy: A Case Report and Literature Review.Case reports in oncological medicine · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundPheochromocytoma is a neuroendocrine tumor that predominantly presents with hypertension, palpitations, and tachycardia due to excessive catecholamine excretion. Although pheochromocytoma multisystem crisis (PMC) is relatively rare, urologists and clinicians should focus on early diagnosis as delay in initiating the appropriate treatment can lead to mortality CASE PRESENTATION: A 70-year-old man developed ileus after a few days of medication for hypertension. Computed tomography incidentally revealed a left adrenal mass. This finding together with his clinical course was compatible with pheochromocytoma. An α-blocker was administered immediately, and his blood pressure was well controlled. However, his general condition and laboratory data deteriorated rapidly, and the patient was diagnosed with PMC with lethal status. Thus, emergency adrenalectomy was performed without confirmation of catecholamine levels. From the resected specimen, his tumor was judged as pheochromocytoma. On immunohistochemical analysis, the proliferation index evaluated by Ki-67 staining was 9.7 %. This case report was approved by the Human Ethics Review Committee of the Nagasaki University Hospital.
conclusionThe present case of PMC was successfully treated with emergency surgery. The benign pheochromocytoma also presented with high cell proliferation potential, which may be a cause of the extreme aggressiveness of PMC.
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