A case of normotensive pheochromocytoma masquerading as a dilated cardiomyopathy.
A case of right adrenal pheochromocytoma masquerading as a dilated cardiomyopathy is described. This patient was normotensive throughout 8 years of observation. Hyperglycemia and an abnormal glucose tolerance test were a clue to the diagnosis which was confirmed by the findings of increased plasma and urinary epinephrine and norepinephrine values. In patients with dilated cardiomyopathy the possibility of a pheochromocytoma should be considered.
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis*