title: Acrocyanosis in a young adult: a rare presentation of extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma.
abstract: Extra-adrenal pheochromocytomas (EAPs) are rare catecholamine-secreting tumours. The patient commonly present with headache, palpitation, anxiety, diaphoresis, raised blood pressure and heart rate which can be sustained or episodic and less commonly Raynaud's phenomenon. We present a case of an adult woman who presented with unilateral upper limb acrocyanosis and hypertension which was secondary to EAP and resolved completely after surgical removal of the tumour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, PGIMER & Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Prabhat
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, PGIMER & Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Soumik
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, PGIMER & Dr Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Hitendra Singh
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Tanwar
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Ashish Kumar
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: D000008:Abdominal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006225:Hand; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome