[Myocardial damage and pheochromocytoma. Description of 2 cases and review of the literature].

The usual presentation of phaeochromocytoma is well known. It is a catecholamine producing tumor of the sympathochromaffin system that typically cause sustained hypertension or hypertensive crisis. Rarely it has an uncommon clinical presentation with or without arterial hypertension and so the most significant symptoms are episodes of left ventricular failure, arrhythmias, ischemic ECG changes, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, hypertrophic or dilated cardiomyopathy. On report two cases of uncommon presentation of phaeochromocytoma and a few cases of myocardial damage from the literature are reviewed.