Phaeochromocytoma Mimicking Scleroderma

Abstract

We describe a patient with adrenal phaeochromocytoma who presented with peripheral vasospasm and ischaemia and other manifestations mimicking features of systemic sclerosis, which resolved after resection of the tumor. Phaeochromocytoma should be suspected in patients with features of scleroderma who are negative for auto-antibodies.

Rapid progression of skin sclerosis precipitated by a pheochromocytoma in a patient with systemic sclerosis

“…(3,4) There have been very few cases in which a pheochromocytoma mimics SSc or occurs in an SSc patient. (5) In our case, a 57-year-old man presented with hand pain and facial skin thickening that rapidly progressed to the neck and both upper arms over a period of three months. Physical examinations indicate that the patient had Raynaud's phenomenon (RP), which had appeared 12 months before, with sclerodactyly ( Fig.…”