Acute coronary syndrome: a rare case of multiple endocrine neoplasia syndromes with pheochromocytoma and medullary thyroid carcinoma

• Main Authors: Alessadro Maloberti, Paolo Meani, Roberto Pirola, Marisa Varrenti, Marco Boniardi, Anna Maria De Biase, Paola Vallerio, Edgardo Bonacina, Giuseppe Mancia, Paola Loli, Cristina Giannattasio
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Anti-Cancer Association 2015-09-01
• Series: Cancer Biology & Medicine
• Subjects: Secondary hypertension; pheochromocytoma; echocardiography; medullary thyroid carcinoma; multiple endocrine neoplasia
• Online Access: http://www.cancerbiomed.org/index.php/cocr/article/view/876

Pheochromocytoma is a tumor arising from neuroectodermal chromaffin tissues in the adrenal gland or extra-adrenal paraganglia (paragangliomas). The prevalence of the tumor is 0.1%-0.6% in the hypertensive population, of which 10%-20% are malignant. Pheochromocytoma produces, stores, and secretes catecholamines, as well as leads to hypertensive crisis, arrhythmia, angina, and acute myocardial infarction without coronary artery diseases. We report a case of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) with a final diagnosis of multiple endocrine neoplasia with pheochromocytoma and medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC).