Case Report

Large Dopamine-secreting Pheochromocytoma: Case Report

Authors: Sam H. Awada, MD, André Grisham, MD, Scott E. Woods, MD, MPH, MED

Abstract

Pheochromocytomas are rare tumors that typically present with catecholamine-stimulated symptoms. Some pheochromocytomas secrete dopamine in addition to or in the absence of other catecholamines. Patients with these tumors are frequently normotensive. We describe a normotensive 26-year-old woman with a large pheochromocytoma that secreted multiple catecholamines, including dopamine.

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