PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA ASSOCIATED WITH CLINICAL AND ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC FEATURES SIMULATING HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY

Left ventricular hypertrophy simulating hypertrophic obstructive cardi omyopathy is a rare complication of pheochromocytoma. In this report, two cases of pheochromocytoma with this complication are described, Su ccessful tumor removal in both cases led to relief of symptoms, normal ization of BP, regression of abnormal clinical features, normalization of the ECGs, but only partial regression of the echocardiographic fea tures despite prolonged follow-up of 24 and 32 months, respectively.