AN UNUSUAL CASE OF PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA WITH FATAL OUTCOME
Authors: N O ROTHERMICH
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1952)

Case Reports1 January 1952AN UNUSUAL CASE OF PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA WITH FATAL OUTCOMENORMAN O. ROTHERMICH, M.D., F.A.C.P.NORMAN O. ROTHERMICH, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-36-1-157 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe syndrome of paroxysmal hypertension associated with tumors of the chromaffin tissue, usually of the adrenal medulla, has become well known, and the clinical recognition and successful surgical removal of these tumors are being achieved with increasing frequency in recent years. These tumors are almost always anatomically benign but, because they produce such profound effects on the patient's physiology, they have a stirring and dramatic appeal, and the current literature is filled with case reports emphasizing one or another special or unusual feature. Individuals harboring an active pheochromocytoma are always in imminent danger of sudden death, and hence, regardless of...Bibliography1. Pincoffs MC: A case of paroxysmal hypertension associated with suprarenal tumor, Tr. A. Am. Physicians 44: 295-299, 1929. Google Scholar2. MacKeith R: Adrenal-sympathetic syndrome, Brit. Heart J. 6: 1-12, 1944. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. RothKvale GMWF: A tentative test for pheochromocytoma, Am. J. M. Sc. 210: 653-660, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. HatchRichardsSpiegl FNVRJ: Adrenal medullary tumor, Am. J. Med. 6: 633-641, 1949. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. CahillAranow GFH: Pheochromocytoma: diagnosis and treatment, Ann. Int. Med. 31: 389-404, 1949. LinkGoogle Scholar6. Humphreys E: Personal communication. Google Scholar7. Saphir O: Myocarditis; a general review, with an analysis of two hundred and forty cases, Arch. Path. 32: 1000-1051, 1941. Google Scholar8. HansmannSchenken GHJR: Acute isolated myocarditis, Am. Heart J. 15: 749, 1938. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. Franz G: Eine seltene Form von toxischer Myokardschädigung, Virchows Arch. f. path. Anat. 298: 743, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. Goldzieher MA: The adrenal glands in health and disease, 1945, F. A. Davis Co., Philadelphia, p. 248. Google Scholar11. Raab W: Epinephrine and related substances in human arterial walls and kidneys, Arch. Path. 35: 836-845, 1943. Google Scholar12. Raab W: Sudden death with an excessive myocardial concentration of epinephrine-like substances in a case of obesity and cystic thyroid disease, Arch. Path. 38: 110-111, 1944. Google Scholar13. Raab W: Sudden death of a young athlete with an excessive concentration of epinephrine-like substances in the heart muscle, Arch. Path. 36: 388-392, 1943. Google Scholar14. Selye H: Textbook of endocrinology, Acta Endocrinologica, 1947, Université de Montreal, Montreal, Canada, p. 866. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Columbus, Ohio*Received for publication March 11, 1950.From the Department of Medicine, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMEDULLARY THYROID CARCINOMAS WITH BILATERAL PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMASPheochromocytoma and medullary carcinoma of thyroidMedullary thyroid carcinoma, parathyroid adenoma, and bilateral pheochromocytomaCardiac complications of phaeochromocytoma.Familial Amyloid-producing Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma and Pheochromocytoma A Distinct Genetic EntityR. NEIL SCHIMKE, M.D., WILLIAM H. HARTMANN, M.D.Bilateral Adrenal Pheochromocytoma and Medullary Thyroid CarcinomaThe Incidence of Phaeochromocytoma in the NetherlandsBibliographyPHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA AND PREGNANCY. Report of a Case and Review of 51 CasesPregnancy complicated by bilateral pheochromocytoma with fatal outcomePheochromocytoma complicated by pregnancyHistological Differentiation between Phaeochromocytoma and Melanoma of the Suprarenal GlandPHEOCHROMOCYTOMA: TWO CASE REPORTS WITH UNUSUAL REACTIONS AND A GENERAL REVIEW*CHARLIE F. WINGO, M.D., JOHN P. WILLIAMS, M.D., F.A.C.P., FRANK A. WADE, M.D.PHAEOCHROMOCYTOMA AND THE OBSTETRICIANHypertonieAbscess Formation in a Pheochromocytoma 1 January 1952Volume 36, Issue 1Page: 157-165KeywordsHypertensionPheochromocytoma ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1952 PDF downloadLoading ...