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.
Cheung
Yat W
YW
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Montefiore Medical Center Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
Spevack
Daniel M
DM
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