title: Tetralogy of Fallot with pheochromocytoma: an unusual therapeutic challenge.
abstract: An adult with unoperated tetralogy of Fallot diagnosed simultaneously with pheochromocytoma is extremely rare. This poses obvious diagnostic and therapeutic challenges. A 29-year-old woman with these conditions was successfully operated on for both diseases in the same hospitalization. There is some interesting speculation regarding the association of pheochromocytoma with uncorrected cyanotic congenital heart disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Fortis Malar Hospital, Chennai, India.
authors.forename: Gautam
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Balakrishnan
authors.forename: Ratnagiri
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ravikumar
authors.forename: Suresh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Komarakshi R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Balakrishnan
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013771:Tetralogy of Fallot / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Adrenal gland neoplasms; congenital; heart defects; pheochromocytoma; tetralogy of Fallot