Práctica clínica
← vista completaPublicado el 22 de abril de 2014 | http://doi.org/10.5867/medwave.2014.03.5942
Descripción de manifestaciones clínico-humorales de feocromocitoma en paciente femenina de 52 años
Clinical and laboratory features of pheochromocytoma in a 52-year-old female patient
Abstract
The article aims to describe the clinical and laboratory features of a female patient suffering from pheochromocytoma. The case is a 52-year-old female patient who presents to our healthcare center with high blood pressure, cold limbs, sweating, jitteriness, and episodes of oppressive chest pain that appear several times per day. She also reports fatigue and a 13-kilogram weight loss. The sonogram revealed a nodular image in the right adrenal gland that had low echogenicity and regular margins measuring 5 mm. The image was confirmed with a contrast-enhanced adrenal CAT scan. Urine vanillylmandelic acid levels were high and an adrenal biopsy confirmed a pheochromocytoma measuring 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm.
