Takotsubo syndrome is a rare but emerging form of acute reversible myocardial injury characterized by transient systolic LV\ndysfunction, often related to emotional or physical stress. Pheochromocytoma is increasingly recognised as another possible\ntrigger. Pheochromocytoma is a rare catecholamine-secreting tumour arising from chromaffin cells within the adrenal medulla or\nextra-adrenal paraganglia. The pathognomonic quartet of paroxysmal hypertension, palpitations, headache, and diaphoresis is\nrarely present, and diagnosis is often delayed. We describe a 43-year-old formerly healthy patient with an adrenal pheochromocytoma,\npresenting as an â??invertedâ? takotsubo syndrome complicated with acute heart failure and pulmonary oedema.
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