Aboukhoudir F, Aboukhoudir I, Rica O, Benamo E, Latil Plat F, Ciobotaru V, Rekik S
Service de cardiologie, centre hospitalier d'Avignon, 84000 Avignon, France; EA4278, laboratoire de pharm-écologie cardiovasculaire, Avignon université, 84000 Avignon, France.
Service de cardiologie, centre hospitalier d'Avignon, 84000 Avignon, France.
Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 2015 Nov;64(5):378-84. doi: 10.1016/j.ancard.2015.09.038. Epub 2015 Oct 19.
Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor potentially life-threatening and associated with non specific and diverse symptomatology. Cardiac symptoms may mislead diagnosis; they could manifest as myocardial sideration concomitant to a hypertensive peak or supraventricular arythmia. We report a case of pheochromocytoma associated with hypokaliemia revealed by a myocardial ischemia with acute cardiac failure and severe left ventricular depression and complete reversal after surgery.