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A Noradrenaline Secreting Phaeochromocytoma Complicating Pregnancy
Author(s) -
Durham John A.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of obstetrics and gynaecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.734
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1479-828X
pISSN - 0004-8666
DOI - 10.1111/j.1479-828x.1977.tb02670.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pregnancy , caesarean section , pheochromocytoma , obstetrics , genetics , biology
Summary: A case of noradrenaline secreting phaeochromocytoma, arising from the para‐aortic chain is described. It presented in the last trimester of pregnancy with attacks of severe headache, hypertension, and marked sinus brady‐cardia. The tumour was removed after the completion of a successful Caesarean section.