Pheochromocytoma-related myocardial damage following delivery.
We present the case of a 35-year-old woman whose pregnancy was complicated by the rare condition of transient pheochromocytoma-related myocardial damage. Short-duration left ventricular dysfunction was apparently caused by acute non-transmural myocardial infarction provoked by coronary artery vasospasm rather than catecholamine-induced cardiomyopathy. Forty-eight days after onset, a 50 x 55 x 35 mm tumor was excised and histologically confirmed to be a pheochromocytoma.
Satani
O
O
Department of Medicine, Wakayama Medical College, Japan.
Katsuragi
M
M
Hano
T
T
Tomobuchi
Y
Y
Arita
M
M
Nishio
I
I
D000328:Adult; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000503:physiopathology; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left