Abstract:We present a case report that the patient had symptoms suggesting pheochromocytoma, a large tumor (> 50 g) and a single minimally altered laboratorial test, exemplifying a diagnostic pitfall. A 31 y.o. male patient had two acute abdominal events, the last one accompanied by headache, arterial hypertension, facial flushing, perspiration and cutaneous pallor. In another admission, the patient had sustained arterial hypertension and cardiac arrhythmia. From laboratory analysis, the vanililmandelic acid was slight… Show more
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