Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy in a 17-year-old male with a pheochromocytoma

Pediatr Cardiol. 2009 Feb;30(2):184-7. doi: 10.1007/s00246-008-9279-z. Epub 2008 Aug 15.

Abstract

We report a case of a 17-year-old adolescent male with Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy in the setting of pheochromocytoma who presented with hematemesis, hypertension, and pallor. Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy is rarely reported in the pediatric population, and this is the first report in the pediatric literature of Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy associated with both pheochromocytoma and an elongated course of the left anterior descending coronary artery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / complications*
  • Coronary Vessel Anomalies / complications*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Pheochromocytoma / complications*
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / complications
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnosis*
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / etiology