Phaeochromocytoma presenting with diabetes

✍ Scribed by Lewis, F ;Reddy, P V K ;Child, D F

• Book ID: 104513939
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1990
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 236 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1357-8170
• DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1960070406

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

A 42 year old man presented with a three month history of thirst, polyuria and balanitis. Blood glucose on diet alone varied between 14 and 21 mmol/L. Blood pressure was 180/110. Further history revealed that he had been troubled by sweating and headaches for two years. Urinary VMAs and catecholamines were elevated and a CT Scan revealed an adrenal tumour. Pre‐operative treatment with phenoxybenzamine and atenolol had no effect on his diabetes. Glucose tolerance returned to normal after surgical removal of the phaeochromocytoma.