Pheochromocytoma in a Patient With Chronic Hypotension: A Case Report.
Publication/Presentation Date
9-1-2025
Abstract
Pheochromocytomas are neuroendocrine tumors that commonly present with hypertension, headache, palpitations, perspiration, and facial flushing. The diagnosis is typically made with imaging demonstrating an adrenal mass and elevated metanephrines and normetanephrines. The recommended treatment is medical optimization and adrenalectomy. Here, we present the case of a patient referred to our surgical oncology clinic with diagnostic challenges due to chronic hypotension and only heart palpitations. She was found to have a peripherally located adrenal mass extending over the renal hilum with an otherwise normal adrenal gland. Elevated plasma and urine normetanephrines were found, so the patient underwent complete resection of the tumor with en bloc adrenalectomy and was ultimately found to have a pheochromocytoma. After surgery, she has no evidence of disease and has had resolution of palpitations.
Volume
17
Issue
9
First Page
93600
Last Page
93600
ISSN
2168-8184
Published In/Presented At
Harkema, M., Brady, E., Llaudes, M., Meir-Levi, D., & Oxenberg, J. (2025). Pheochromocytoma in a Patient With Chronic Hypotension: A Case Report. Cureus, 17(9), e93600. https://doi.org/10.7759/cureus.93600
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
41185711
Department(s)
Department of Surgery
Document Type
Article