Single left ventricle and pheochromocytoma.
We report a patient born with a Holmes heart who was later diagnosed with pheochromocytoma in her teenage years. A review of the literature showed only two such cases reported. The findings of these two rare conditions simultaneously in several individuals is suggestive of an association.
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
Yat W
YW
Cheung
Daniel M
DM
Spevack
D000293:Adolescent; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications*; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000150:complications