title: Toe necrosis and acute myocardial infarction precipitated by a pheochromocytoma in a patient with systemic sclerosis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: B. Shine Department of Rheumatology, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel. a_balbir@rambam.health.gov.il
authors.forename: Alexandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balbir-Gurman
authors.forename: Abraham
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Menahem Nahir
authors.forename: Alexander
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rozin
authors.forename: Doron
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Markovits
authors.forename: Yolanda
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Braun-Moscovici
mesh_terms: 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