Open AccessHypertension presenting early in pregnancy
Author(s) -
Melvin Audrey,
Kinsley Brendan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.392
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , paraganglioma , intensive care medicine , early pregnancy factor , secondary hypertension , gestational hypertension , obstetrics , preeclampsia , pediatrics , gestation , surgery , blood pressure , genetics , biology
Key Clinical Message Paraganglioma in pregnancy is an exceedingly rare and potentially life‐threatening diagnosis. It is important that the clinicians consider secondary causes when women present with hypertension in early pregnancy.