Pheochromocytoma of the heart.
This is a presentation of a unique case of cardiac pheochromocytoma during pregnancy. The case is significant because pheochromocytoma is a difficult diagnosis and its rarity during pregnancy may lead to this important diagnosis being overlooked, even though treatment is specific and highly successful.
Pickering
T G
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Department of Medicine, Joan and Sanford I. Weill Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, USA.
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Bergman
G W
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Barbieri
J M
JM
D000328:Adult; D002585:Cesarean Section; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed