Pheochromocytoma Associated With Painless Myocardial Infarction

Case Reports1 June 1957PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA ASSOCIATED WITH PAINLESS MYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONMARTIN H. BOLDT, M.D., F.A.C.P., MORRIS FLEXNER, M.D., F.A.C.P., ALVIN B. ORTNER, M.D., F.A.C.S.MARTIN H. BOLDT, M.D., F.A.C.P., MORRIS FLEXNER, M.D., F.A.C.P., ALVIN B. ORTNER, M.D., F.A.C.S.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-46-6-1165 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptMore than 300 cases of pheochromocytoma have been reported since Labbe, Tinel and Doumer1in 1922 first described the clinical picture in its hypertensive paroxysms. About 0.5% of all patients with hypertension are thought to have a functioning chromaffin tumor,3, 4, 5and it is estimated that between 600 and 800 people die annually from this cause.5These deaths are preventable, for the hypertension due to this tumor is curable. 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Smithwick RH: Surgical treatment of hypertension, Am. J. Med. 4: 744, 1948. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Louisville, Kentucky*Received for publication January 23, 1956.From the Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Louisville, School of Medicine.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Martin H. Boldt, M.D., 719 Heyburn Building, Louisville 2, Kentucky. 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