An uncommon cause of hypertension: Paraganglioma revisited

A significant number of secondary hypertension could be due to endocrine etiology. The pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma (PGL) syndrome is one among them. We herein report a case of PGL in a young woman, who presented to us with hypertension and its reversal after surgical treatment. In this review, we...

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Published in:CHRISMED Journal of Health and Research
Main Authors: Babulreddy Hanmayyagari, Sri Nagesh Voleti, Mounika Guntaka, Srinivas Sidduri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Subjects:
Hypertension
paraganglioma
pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma syndrome (pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma)
Online Access:http://www.cjhr.org/article.asp?issn=2348-3334;year=2015;volume=2;issue=3;spage=268;epage=271;aulast=Hanmayyagari
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Summary:A significant number of secondary hypertension could be due to endocrine etiology. The pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma (PGL) syndrome is one among them. We herein report a case of PGL in a young woman, who presented to us with hypertension and its reversal after surgical treatment. In this review, we also discussed in detail about this rare entity.
ISSN:2348-3334
2348-506X

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