Pheochromocytoma: Complications

The following are the most important diseases or complications that may be contributed to by pheochromocytoma:

Endocrine, nutritional, and metabolic diseases (E00-E90).

  • Diabetes mellitus type 2 – favored by inhibition of insulin secretion by epinephrine.

Cardiovascular system (I00-I99).

  • Intracranial hemorrhage (hemorrhage within the skull; parenchymal, subarachnoid, sub- and epidural, and supra- and infratentorial hemorrhages)/intracerebral hemorrhage (ICB; cerebral hemorrhage)
  • Left heart failure
  • Atrial fibrillation (VHF)