[Acute heart failure in pheochromocytoma in childhood. Case report and demonstration of therapeutic possibilities].
A noradrenaline-secreting phaeochromocytoma of extra-adrenal origin was found as cause of acute cardiac insufficiency in a 12-year-old child. After i.v. treatment with diuretics, digitalis and oral alpha-sympathicolysis with phenoxybenzamine the tumor was surgically removed several days later without further complications.
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery
Akute Herzinsuffizienz bei Phäochromozytom im Kindesalter. Fallbericht und Darstellung von Therapiemöglichkeiten.