Table 1.

Symptoms and signs of pheochromocytoma

Clinical setting	Symptoms
Multi-system crisis	Hypertension and/or hypotension, multiple organ failure, temperature = 40°C, encephalopathy
Cardiovascular	Collapse
	Hypertensive crisis
	Shock or profound hypotension
	Acute heart failure
	Myocardial infarction
	Arrhythmia
	Cardiomyopathy
	Myocarditis
	Dissecting aortic aneurysm
	Limb ischaemia, digital necrosis or gangrene
Pulmonary	Acute pulmonary oedema
	Adult respiratory distress syndrome
Abdominal	Abdominal bleeding
	Paralytic ileus
	Acute intestinal obstruction
	Severe enterocolitis and peritonitis
	Bowel perforation with generalized peritonitis
	Bowel ischaemia
	Mesenteric vascular occlusion
	Acute pancreatitis
	Cholecystitis
	Megacolon
Neurological	Hemiplegia
	Limb weakness
Renal	Acute renal failure
	Acute pyelonephritis
	Severe haematuria
Metabolic	Diabetic ketoacidosis
	Lactic acidosis