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Belgian Endocrine Society 2019

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Pheochromocytoma-induced Takotsubo syndrome: when you hear hoofbeats, it may be a zebra!

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Pheochromocytoma-induced Takotsubo syndrome: when you hear hoofbeats, it may be a zebra!

Jerrold Spapen , Jeroen de Filette , Bastiaan Sol , Aan Kharagjitsing , Brigitte Velkeniers , Bert Bravenboer , Stijn Lochy , Corina Andreescu

Pheochromocytoma is a rare catecholamine-secreting tumor with variable clinical manifestations. A possible cardiac presentation is acute left ventricular wall motion abnormality in the heart also known as the Takotsubo syndrome. Takotsubo stress cardiomyopathy was first described in 1990 in Japan and current knowledge remains limited. We report a case of pheochromocytoma-induced Takotsubo syndrome. A 43-year-old woman acutely developed nausea, severe chest pain, and dyspnoea d...