Pheochromocytoma triggered by coronavirus disease 2019: a case report

Background Coronavirus disease 2019 is an infectious disease with many presentations, and many of its effects on the human body are still unknown. Pheochromocytoma is a neuroendocrine tumor that may occur sporadically or be a manifestation of a hereditary disease line multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2. Case presentation In this study, we report a case of an Iranian patient infected with coronavirus disease 2019, causing unusual presentations of pheochromocytoma, including myocarditis and cerebrovascular involvement. Conclusions We discovered a case of pheochromocytoma as an unusual presentation of COVID-19. In further investigations we also discovered thyroid medullary carcinoma and at the end MEN 2 syndrome was diagnosed. After proper treatment many symptoms were eliminated..

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Journal of medical case reports - 16(2022), 1 vom: 10. Juni

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Naghshineh, Hoda [VerfasserIn]
Hasanpour, Amirhossein [VerfasserIn]
Ziaei, Naghmeh [VerfasserIn]
Sadeghi, Mahmoud [VerfasserIn]
Meftah, Neda [VerfasserIn]

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COVID-19
Cardiomyopathy
Case report
Coronavirus disease
MEN-2 syndrome
Pheochromocytoma

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© The Author(s) 2022

doi:

10.1186/s13256-022-03378-8

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OLC2130850308