title: Stress-related cardiomyopathy, ventricular dysfunction, artery thrombosis: a hidden pheochromocytoma.
abstract: Clinical presentation of pheochromocytoma can vary, and it can sometimes mimic other diseases. Some patients with pheochromocytoma may have atypical presentations, such as clinical features consistent with an acute coronary syndrome, that only later suggest a classical picture of stress-related cardiomyopathy. To our best knowledge, pheochromocytoma has been incidentally revealed in a few cases of catecholamine-induced cardiomyopathy and in only 1 case of peripheral arterial thrombosis. This is the first case of pheochromocytoma revealed after left ventricular dysfunction caused by stress-related cardiomyopathy associated with inferior limb artery thrombosis in a patient with a complex cardiovascular history.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy. Electronic address: spunzilla_@hotmail.it.
authors.forename: Anna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Battimelli
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy. Electronic address: mpolito@hotmail.it.
authors.forename: Maria Vincenza
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Polito
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy. Electronic address: marcodimaio88@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Maio
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy. Electronic address: susanna891@hotmail.it.
authors.forename: Susanna
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Poto
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy. Electronic address: luciana.pierro@hotmail.it.
authors.forename: Luciana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pierro
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University hospital "S. Giovanni Di Dio e Ruggi D' Aragona", Salerno, Italy. Electronic address: domenico.caggiano@libero.it.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Caggiano
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Salerno, Salerno, Italy. Electronic address: fpiscione@unisa.it.
authors.forename: Federico
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Piscione
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011859:Radiography; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D016909:Tibial Arteries / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology