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We report a case of a 17-year-old adolescent male with Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy in the setting of pheochromocytoma who presented with hematemesis, hypertension, and pallor. Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy is rarely reported in the pediatric population, and this is the first report in the pediatric literature of Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy associated with both pheochromocytoma and an elongated course of the left anterior descending coronary artery.
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Von Bergen, N.H., Lyon, J.K. & Edens, R.E. Takotsubo-Like Cardiomyopathy in a 17-Year-Old Male with a Pheochromocytoma. Pediatr Cardiol 30, 184–187 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-008-9279-z
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