Pheochromocytoma presenting with severe hyperglycemia and metabolic acidosis following intra-articular glucocorticoid administration: a case report

ConclusionsThis case illustrates that intra-articular glucocorticoid administration can induce a pheochromocytoma crisis and an increase in hyperglycemia, and that pheochromocytoma crisis can resemble the clinical picture of fulminant type 1 diabetes mellitus owing to severe hyperglycemia with metabolic acidosis and normal glycosylated hemoglobin levels, especially under the influence of glucocorticoid.
Source: Journal of Medical Case Reports - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research