10 Symptoms of Pheochromocytoma

6. Blotchy Skin

A common symptom of pheochromocytoma is paleness to the skin or a breakout of blotchy or mottled skin color. This paleness also comes with a cold external temperature. It will often appear on the extremities and in rare cases, on the entire body. Caused by a narrowing of the blood vessels near the skin and in the extremities, which results in lower levels of oxygenated hemoglobin, these patches can go from red to dark red and purple and have a pale color to the skin surrounding it. A pheochromocytoma sufferer may also experience paleness in the face as if the blood has drained out of it.