Extra-adrenal Pheochromocytoma in an Adolescent

A 17-year-old male with symptoms of headache and diaphoresis presented to the emergency department. He had eight months of noted hypertension attributed to medications. On arrival his blood pressure was 229/117mmHg, and he was ill-appearing. His blood pressure was managed aggressively, and he was di...

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Autores principales: Abdullah, Ibrahim, Cossey, Kori, Jeanmonod, Rebecca K.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2011
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Clinical Practice
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3099620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21691539
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description A 17-year-old male with symptoms of headache and diaphoresis presented to the emergency department. He had eight months of noted hypertension attributed to medications. On arrival his blood pressure was 229/117mmHg, and he was ill-appearing. His blood pressure was managed aggressively, and he was diagnosed with extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma by computed tomography. He eventually underwent resection of the mass. Children with severe, symptomatic hypertension should be evaluated for pheochromocytoma. Although rare, it is curable. Failure to diagnose carries a high risk of morbidity and mortality.
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spelling pubmed-30996202011-06-20 Extra-adrenal Pheochromocytoma in an Adolescent Abdullah, Ibrahim Cossey, Kori Jeanmonod, Rebecca K. West J Emerg Med Clinical Practice A 17-year-old male with symptoms of headache and diaphoresis presented to the emergency department. He had eight months of noted hypertension attributed to medications. On arrival his blood pressure was 229/117mmHg, and he was ill-appearing. His blood pressure was managed aggressively, and he was diagnosed with extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma by computed tomography. He eventually underwent resection of the mass. Children with severe, symptomatic hypertension should be evaluated for pheochromocytoma. Although rare, it is curable. Failure to diagnose carries a high risk of morbidity and mortality. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Irvine School of Medicine 2011-05 /pmc/articles/PMC3099620/ /pubmed/21691539 Text en Copyright © 2011 the authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) License. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/.
spellingShingle Clinical Practice
Abdullah, Ibrahim
Cossey, Kori
Jeanmonod, Rebecca K.
Extra-adrenal Pheochromocytoma in an Adolescent
title Extra-adrenal Pheochromocytoma in an Adolescent
title_full Extra-adrenal Pheochromocytoma in an Adolescent
title_fullStr Extra-adrenal Pheochromocytoma in an Adolescent
title_full_unstemmed Extra-adrenal Pheochromocytoma in an Adolescent
title_short Extra-adrenal Pheochromocytoma in an Adolescent
title_sort extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma in an adolescent
topic Clinical Practice
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3099620/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21691539
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