title: Palpitition, presyncope and abdominal mass.
abstract: Pheochromocytoma are known to have various common and uncommon cardiac complications including arrhythmias, heart failure, myocardial infarction and cardiomyopathy. We report the case of a middle aged lady presenting with recurrent pre-syncope due Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. Further evaluation revealed that she had a labile hypertension with abdominal mass, which turned out to be pheochromocytoma on further investigation. After surgical removal of the tumor her symptoms subsided with normalization of the QT interval.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Science, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi. praloyc@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Praloy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chakraborty
authors.forename: Hemanga Kumar
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Bhattacharjeee
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Anandaraja
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D013575:Syncope / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed