ArticleCase reports in medicine2016
IL-6-Producing, Noncatecholamines Secreting Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Fever of Unknown Origin.
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- Pheochromocytoma-Induced Leukocytosis With Concurrent Severe Eosinophilia: A Case Report.Cureus · 2025Article
- Elevated IL-6 levels in a patient with pheochromocytoma.BMJ case reports · 2024Article
- IL-6-Producing Pheochromocytoma Associated With Von Hippel Lindau Disease: A Case Report With Literature Review.Cureus · 2024Article
- Case Report: A 65-year-old man with paraganglioma accompanied by elevated interleukin-6 levels and KIF1B single gene mutation.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Unicentric Castleman Disease and Pheochromocytoma.European journal of case reports in internal medicine · 2022Article
- Pheochromocytoma with fever and iron deficiency anemia.Proceedings (Baylor University. Medical Center) · 2022Article
- Interleukin-6 producing pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma: case series from a tertiary referral centre for pheochromocytomas and paragangliomas.Journal of endocrinological investigation · 2021Article
- Paraganglioma presenting as hypertension during pregnancy, proteinuria, thrombocytosis, and diabetes mellitus: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2021Article
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- Malignant Pheochromocytomas/Paragangliomas and Ectopic Hormonal Secretion: A Case Series and Review of the Literature.Cancers · 2019Review
- Interleukin-6 Producing Pheochromocytoma: A Rare Cause of Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome.Case reports in endocrinology · 2019Article
- Fever of Unknown Origin: Could It Be a Pheochromocytoma? A Case Report and Review of the Literature.Case reports in endocrinology · 2018Article
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Abstract
Fever of unknown origin (FUO) can be an unusual first clinical manifestation of pheochromocytoma. Pheochromocytomas are tumors that may produce a variety of substances in addition to catecholamines. To date, several cases of IL-6-producing pheochromocytomas have been reported. This report describes a 45-year-old woman with pheochromocytoma who was admitted with FUO, normal blood pressure levels, microcytic and hypochromic anemia, thrombocytosis, hyperfibrinogenemia, hypoalbuminemia, and normal levels of urine and plasma metanephrines. After adrenalectomy, fever and all inflammatory findings disappeared.
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