PMID: 7513373Apr 1, 1994Paper

Malignant pheochromocytoma masquerading as acute pancreatitis--a rare but potentially lethal occurrence

Mayo Clinic Proceedings
N A PerrierM A Warner

Abstract

Pheochromocytoma mimicking acute pancreatitis as its initial clinical manifestation is a known, albeit rare, phenomenon. Herein we describe a patient with this occurrence. A striking feature was pronounced hyperamylasemia, almost exclusively of the S-type. Our theory is that the pheochromocytoma caused a catecholamine-induced cardiomyopathy, which contributed to failure of the left ventricle; pulmonary edema and release of S-type amylase from hypoxic lung tissue occurred subsequently.

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