Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Halim El Hage

Publications

• Case Report
  Congestive Heart Failure: An Uncommon Presentation of Pheochromocytoma
  Author(s): Halim El Hage, Boutros Karam, Julie Zaidan and Elie El CharabatyHalim El Hage, Boutros Karam, Julie Zaidan and Elie El Charabaty
  
  Introduction: Pheochromocytomas are rare catecholamine secreting tumors that arise from the chromaffine tissue of the adrenal medulla. Rarely, these tumors are associated with cardiomyopathy. We herein present a patient with pheochromocytoma presenting initially with congestive heart failure and hypertensive emergency. Case presentation: A 62-year-old female with no past medical history presented to the emergency department for dyspnea and lower extremity edema of 2 weeks duration. The patient was tachycardic at 120 BPM, hypertensive at 197/90 mmHg. She had decreased breath sounds bilaterally. Electrocardiogram showed sinus tachycardia. Chest x-ray revealed bilateral pulmonary infiltrates and effusions. Laboratory testing demonstrated a white blood cell count of 18.06 TH/mm3 , platelet count of 693 TH/mm3 , D-dimer of 540 ng/ml, and a brain .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.1000524

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