Hypertensive crisis secondary to pheochromocytoma #MMPMID28670069
Greenleaf CE; Griffin LA; Shake JG; Orr WS
Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent) 2017[Jul]; 30 (3): 314-5 PMID28670069show ga
Pheochromocytoma is an uncommon tumor of the adrenal glands that can present with headaches, sweating, palpitations, and paroxysmal hypertension. Pheochromocytoma crisis can lead to cardiomyopathy, pulmonary edema, and even total circulatory collapse. We describe a patient with hypoxic respiratory failure requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to stabilize until the pheochromocytoma was discovered and treated.