[Multiple organ failure caused by extraadrenal pheochromocytoma].
Extraadrenal phaeochromocytomas are very rare tumours, commonly associated with hypertensive paroxysms. We report a 20 year-old man with unsuspected extraadrenal phaeochromocytoma, who at admission presented with septicaemia and adult respiratory distress syndrome, suggesting pneumonia.
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Vejle Sygehus, Medicinsk Afdeling. telkmann@vip.cybercity.dk
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D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography; D012128:Respiratory Distress Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D018805:Sepsis / Q000175:diagnosis