Pheochromocytoma with Acute Non-cardiac Pulmonary Edema: A Report of One Case and the Review of Literature.

The present study reports the clinical data of a patient with pheochromocytoma who developed acute non-cardiac pulmonary edema. The patient has already been followed for 2 years after the initial surgery. Based on the case of our patient, and after the review of existing literature, we find that cases of patients who present dyspnea, shock and the lung changes of interstitial without according to respiratory common diseases tend to perform abdominal computed tomography (CT) to exclude pheochromocytoma. In addition, after receiving symptomatic treatment in acute left heart failure and pulmonary edema patients, having the poor effect, we have to consider the diagnosis of pheochromocytoma.