Pheochromocytoma Manifesting Persistent Right Shoulder Pain and Hypochondralgia

Hideharu Hagiya; Eri Nakamura; Tomohiro Terasaka; Kou Hasegawa; Kikuko Asano; Takahiro Nada; Kosuke Kimura; Koichi Waseda; Yoshihisa Hanayama; Fumio Otsuka

doi:10.14442/jgfm.16.4_292

Pheochromocytoma Manifesting Persistent Right Shoulder Pain and Hypochondralgia

Hideharu Hagiya, Eri Nakamura, Tomohiro Terasaka, Kou Hasegawa, Kikuko Asano, Takahiro Nada, Kosuke Kimura, Koichi Waseda, Yoshihisa Hanayama, Fumio Otsuka

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We report a 42-year-old female who initially complained of sub-acute onset of right upper quadrant abdominal pain with right shoulder pain. A CT scan incidentally revealed an adrenal tumor, and a final diagnosis of pheochromocytoma was made on the basis of endocrinological examinations. Symptomatically, the pheochromocytoma in our patient mimicked a hepato-biliary disease by presenting abdominal pain accompanying right shoulder pain that was assumed to be referred pain via the right phrenic nerve. Physicians may need to consider the possibility of pheochromocytoma in patients with abdominal symptoms.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	292-296
Number of pages	5
Journal	Journal of General and Family Medicine
Volume	16
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14442/jgfm.16.4_292
Publication status	Published - Dec 2015

Keywords

abdominal pain
adrenal tumor
hypertension
pheochromocytoma
referred pain

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Family Practice
Geriatrics and Gerontology
Internal Medicine

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