Pheochromocytoma and ischemic enterocolitis.
In the nine year period, 1978-1987, two patients with pheochromocytoma presented to Sacred Heart Hospital, Yankton, South Dakota. Both cases were complicated pre-operatively by ischemic enterocolitis--a rarely reported, usually fatal complication of pheochromocytoma. It is thought that catecholamine-induced vasoconstriction of the mesenteric vessels resulted in the wide-spread hemorrhagic necrosis of the gut. Both patients survived not only the initial ischemic mesenteric insult, but also excision of the tumor.
Zacher
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Teslow
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Thompson
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D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D000368:Aged; D003106:Colon / Q000098:blood supply*; D004761:Enterocolitis, Pseudomembranous / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007238:Infarction / Q000209:etiology; D007511:Ischemia / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications*