Giant Paraganglioma Complicated With Catecholamine Crisis and Catecholamine Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Giant Paraganglioma Complicated With Catecholamine Crisis and Catecholamine Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

BackgroundPheochromocytomas and paragangliomas (PPGL) are rare neuroendocrine tumors which overproduce catecholamines. Heart failure and myocardial infarction caused by paraganglioma complicated with catecholamine crisis are the most common causes of death in PPGL patients before surgery. When giant...

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Main Authors: Xiangping Ma, Zhen Chen, Peng Xia, Chunmei Zhang, Keqiang Yan, Yidong Fan, Yingli Wang, Yun Ti, Peili Bu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Endocrinology
Subjects:
giant paraganglioma
catecholamine crisis
catecholamine cardiomyopathy
heart failure
case report
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fendo.2021.790080/full

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