title: [Pheochromocytoma multi-organ crisis: nonseptic hyperthermia and shock].
abstract: Pheochromocytoma usually presents with nonspecific symptoms such as headache, palpitation, chest pain and hypertension. We present a 48-year-old woman hospitalized due to a pheochromocytoma multi-organ crisis (PMC). It consists of a tetrad of symptoms: multi-organ failure, hyperthermia, encephalopathy and unstable blood pressure. Distinguishing PMC from septic shock may be difficult, and requires needs a high clinical index of suspicion.
authors.affiliation: Division of Medicine and Surgery, Hadassah-University Hospital.
authors.forename: M Y
authors.initials: MY
authors.lastname: Shapira
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zuckerman
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Zuebi
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Jurim
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D016638:Critical Illness; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012772:Shock, Septic / Q000175:diagnosis