Pheochromocytoma mimicking a non-ST elevation acute myocardial infarction.
We report a 57 year-old male patient admitted with a diagnosis of non-ST elevation acute myocardial infarction. He had suffered from chest pain, diaphoresis and intense asthenia for three days. The electrocardiogram on admission showed a high frequency sinus tachycardia. Troponin T levels were elevated. An echocardiogram suggested an antero-lateral myocardial infarction. Eventually, a left adrenal pheochromocytoma was discovered. Left ventricular function, severely depressed, returned to normal after medical and surgical therapy.
Musuraca
Gerardo
G
Division of Cardiology, S. Maria del Carmine Hospital, Rovereto (TN), Italy. musuraca@yahoo.it
Imperadore
Ferdinando
F
Terraneo
Clotilde
C
Vaccarini
Chiara
C
Prati
Daniele
D
Centonze
Maurizio
M
Vergara
Giuseppe
G
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed