title: [Clinical and laboratory features of pheochromocytoma in a 52-year-old female patient].
abstract: The article aims to describe the clinical and laboratory features of a female patient suffering from pheochromocytoma. The case is a 52-year-old female patient who presents to our healthcare center with high blood pressure, cold limbs, sweating, jitteriness, and episodes of oppressive chest pain that appear several times per day. She also reports fatigue and a 13-kilogram weight loss. The sonogram revealed a nodular image in the right adrenal gland that had low echogenicity and regular margins measuring 5 mm. The image was confirmed with a contrast-enhanced adrenal CAT scan. Urine vanillylmandelic acid levels were high and an adrenal biopsy confirmed a pheochromocytoma measuring 4.5 x 3.5 x 3 cm.
authors.affiliation: Hospital General Docente Enrique Cabrera, La Habana, Cuba. Address: Calzada de Aldabó y D. Boyeros #10800, Altahabana, La Habana, Cuba. Email: idaniamora@infomed.sld.cu.
authors.forename: Otmara
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Aranguren
authors.affiliation: Hospital General Docente Enrique Cabrera, La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Idania Teresa
authors.initials: IT
authors.lastname: Mora
authors.affiliation: Hospital General Docente Enrique Cabrera, La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Maritza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cardosa
authors.affiliation: Hospital General Docente Enrique Cabrera, La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Olga
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: León
authors.affiliation: Hospital General Docente Enrique Cabrera, La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: María Victoria
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: López
authors.affiliation: Hospital General Docente Enrique Cabrera, La Habana, Cuba.
authors.forename: Ramón
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Portales
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D001706:Biopsy; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003287:Contrast Media / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*; D014642:Vanilmandelic Acid / Q000652:urine
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media; D014642:Vanilmandelic Acid
keywords: adrenal; high blood pressure; pheochromocytoma