Sukoh Noriaki, Hizawa Nobuyuki, Yamamoto Hiroshi, Suzuki Akihiko
Department of Pulmonary Disease, Hokkaido Cancer Center, Sapporo.
Intern Med. 2004 Dec;43(12):1194-7. doi: 10.2169/internalmedicine.43.1194.
Pulmonary edema, both cardiogenic and noncardiogenic, has been reported as a manifestation of pheochromocytoma. We report a patient with pheochromocytoma complicated by acute pulmonary edema that appeared clinically noncardiogenic. The patient had an uncomplicated course and rapid resolution of pulmonary edema. Bronchoalveolar lavage fluids (BALF) showed a marked accumulation of neutrophils, suggesting involvement of neutrophil-mediated lung injury in noncardiogenic pulmonary edema associated with a pheochromocytoma.
