Toe necrosis and acute myocardial infarction precipitated by a pheochromocytoma in a patient with systemic sclerosis.
Systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients typically experience Raynaud phenomena that is often complicated by digital ischemic lesions, gangrene, and digital loss. Other causes of peripheral ischemia, such as atherosclerosis, cryoglobulinemia, antiphospholipid syndrome, myeloproliferative disorders, paraneoplastic syndromes, and hyperadrenergic endocrine conditions, may be masked in SSc patients. We present a woman with limited SSc who developed toe necrosis and acute coronary events as a complication of a previously undiagnosed pheochromocytoma.
Balbir-Gurman
Alexandra
A
B. Shine Department of Rheumatology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel. a_balbir@rambam.health.gov.il
Menahem Nahir
Abraham
A
Rozin
Alexander
A
Markovits
Doron
D
Braun-Moscovici
Yolanda
Y
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy / Q000379:methods; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009336:Necrosis / Q000209:etiology; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D045745:Scleroderma, Limited / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014034:Toes / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed