TY - JOUR T1 - Phaeochromocytoma—“the great mimic”: an unusual presentation JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 672 LP - 673 DO - 10.1136/emj.2007.049569 VL - 24 IS - 9 AU - Louisa Mitchell AU - Fionn Bellis Y1 - 2007/09/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/24/9/672.abstract N2 - We report the case of a patient who presented to the emergency with the common symptoms of chest pain and dyspnoea and who was subsequently found to have the rare diagnosis of a phaeochromocytoma. We highlight the need to maintain a high index of suspicion of the various differential diagnoses in any case presentation and the importance of trusting clinical intuition. We comment on the benefit of the use of emergency ultrasound. ER -