Open AccessPeripartum Hypertension from Pheochromocytoma: A Rare and Challenging Entity
Author(s) -
Yehuda Kamari,
Yehonatan Sharabi,
Adi Leiba,
Eli Peleg,
Sara Apter,
Ehud Grossman
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2005.04.021
Subject(s) - medicine , pheochromocytoma , palpitations , pregnancy , secondary hypertension , blood pressure , headaches , surgery , preeclampsia , paraganglioma , gestational hypertension , papilledema , genetics , biology
Pheochromocytoma, a rare and usually curable cause of hypertension, is characterized by symptoms and signs related to increased catecholamine secretion. Pregnancy can elicit clinical manifestations of otherwise unrecognized pheochromocytoma.
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