An Aberrant Case of Pheochromocytoma in a Young Adult Presenting With Secondary Hypertension: A Case Report With Review of the Literature

Pheochromocytoma (PCC) is a rare neuroendocrine catecholamine-secreting tumour of the adrenal gland. It originates from the chromaffin cells found within the adrenal medulla or the extra-adrenal paraganglia. We present a case report of a 24-year-old female who presented with hypertension, headache,...

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Autores principales: Trimukhe, Deepali, Dhok, Avinash, Phatak, Suresh, Onkar, Prashant
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10560397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37814748
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44891
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description Pheochromocytoma (PCC) is a rare neuroendocrine catecholamine-secreting tumour of the adrenal gland. It originates from the chromaffin cells found within the adrenal medulla or the extra-adrenal paraganglia. We present a case report of a 24-year-old female who presented with hypertension, headache, palpitations, chest pain and blurry vision. On ultrasound evaluation, a right suprarenal mass was noted, which was further evaluated using contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT). Based on our imaging findings, the patient was diagnosed with a case of right-sided pheochromocytoma. The patient was operated on, and our diagnosis was confirmed with histopathological examination.
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spelling pubmed-105603972023-10-09 An Aberrant Case of Pheochromocytoma in a Young Adult Presenting With Secondary Hypertension: A Case Report With Review of the Literature Trimukhe, Deepali Dhok, Avinash Phatak, Suresh Onkar, Prashant Cureus Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism Pheochromocytoma (PCC) is a rare neuroendocrine catecholamine-secreting tumour of the adrenal gland. It originates from the chromaffin cells found within the adrenal medulla or the extra-adrenal paraganglia. We present a case report of a 24-year-old female who presented with hypertension, headache, palpitations, chest pain and blurry vision. On ultrasound evaluation, a right suprarenal mass was noted, which was further evaluated using contrast-enhanced computed tomography (CT). Based on our imaging findings, the patient was diagnosed with a case of right-sided pheochromocytoma. The patient was operated on, and our diagnosis was confirmed with histopathological examination. Cureus 2023-09-08 /pmc/articles/PMC10560397/ /pubmed/37814748 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44891 Text en Copyright © 2023, Trimukhe et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
spellingShingle Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
Trimukhe, Deepali
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An Aberrant Case of Pheochromocytoma in a Young Adult Presenting With Secondary Hypertension: A Case Report With Review of the Literature
title An Aberrant Case of Pheochromocytoma in a Young Adult Presenting With Secondary Hypertension: A Case Report With Review of the Literature
title_full An Aberrant Case of Pheochromocytoma in a Young Adult Presenting With Secondary Hypertension: A Case Report With Review of the Literature
title_fullStr An Aberrant Case of Pheochromocytoma in a Young Adult Presenting With Secondary Hypertension: A Case Report With Review of the Literature
title_full_unstemmed An Aberrant Case of Pheochromocytoma in a Young Adult Presenting With Secondary Hypertension: A Case Report With Review of the Literature
title_short An Aberrant Case of Pheochromocytoma in a Young Adult Presenting With Secondary Hypertension: A Case Report With Review of the Literature
title_sort aberrant case of pheochromocytoma in a young adult presenting with secondary hypertension: a case report with review of the literature
topic Endocrinology/Diabetes/Metabolism
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10560397/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37814748
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.44891
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