Department of Emergency, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Department of Endocrinology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing, China.
Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021 Jul 7;12:697202. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.697202. eCollection 2021.
We present a 30-year old male presented with hemoptysis as a first manifestation and pulmonary CT scan characteristic of diffuse alveolar hemorrhage. Further abdominal examination discovered a left adrenal mass. Elevated catecholamine and metanephrine levels and subsequent adrenalectomy confirmed the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma. Symptoms of pheochromocytoma are highly variable, which could potentially delay the diagnosis. With careful investigation, emergency medicine practitioners need to be aware of the cunning and changeful manifestations in pheochromocytoma.
我们报告了一例 30 岁男性,以咯血为首发表现,肺部 CT 扫描特征为弥漫性肺泡出血。进一步的腹部检查发现左肾上腺肿块。儿茶酚胺和甲氧基肾上腺素水平升高,随后行肾上腺切除术确诊为嗜铬细胞瘤。嗜铬细胞瘤的症状高度可变,这可能导致诊断延迟。通过仔细的检查,急诊医生需要意识到嗜铬细胞瘤表现的狡猾多变。