Why the study?
Pheochromocytoma crisis is an endocrine emergency that can present with diverse manifestations, including cardiogenic or non-cardiogenic acute pulmonary edema.
Highlights that pheochromocytoma crisis can manifest as either cardiogenic or non-cardiogenic acute pulmonary edema, requiring clinical awareness.
Clinicians should consider pheochromocytoma in unexplained acute pulmonary edema; case reports leave open whether presentation type alters management.
Pheochromocytoma most commonly presents with the triad of paroxysms of headache, palpitations, and diaphoresis. Pheochromocytoma crisis, caused by a supra-physiological surge of catecholamine release, is an endocrine emergency that can present with various clinical manifestations. Acute pulmonary edema is one of the manifestations of pheochromocytoma crisis and can be either cardiogenic or non-cardiogenic. Here, we report cases of acute pulmonary edema of each type, related to pheochromocytoma crisis, which were presented to our district general hospital in 2020.
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