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10608162

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
11
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-2-3
pubmed:abstractText
The authors present the case of a 65 year-old female who was admitted to the emergency room with epigastric pain, headache, palpitations, nausea, vomiting and sweating. The laboratory tests performed showed elevation of CK and CK-MB and the ECG presented sinus tachycardia. T-wave inversion and prolonged QT interval. The echocardiogram was normal. The patient was admitted to the ICU and during the standard myocardial infarction treatment (including beta-blocker) a wide range of the arterial pressure (230/140 to 70/40 mm Hg) was registered. In view of these new data, the hypothesis of pheochromocytoma and catecholamine induced myocarditis was suggested and later confirmed by high levels of plasmatic and urinary catecholamines. The abdominal echography. CT and MRI showed a large retroperitonal and para-aortic mass. The administration of phenoxybenzamine (30 mg/day) led to the normalization of the ECG and arterial pressure and the respective clinical improvement. The anatomopathological exam, after surgical removal, confirmed our hypothesis. Sixteen months after the surgical procedure the patient is assymptomatic, with normal arterial pressure and normal levels of plasmatic and urinary catecholamines.
pubmed:language
por
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0870-2551
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1025-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
[Extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma simulating acute myocardial infarction].
pubmed:affiliation
Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital de S. Marcos, Braga.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports