TY - JOUR
T1 - Lateralizing sensorimotor deficits in a case of pseudopheochromocytoma
AU - Suh, Joome
AU - Quinn, Courtney
AU - Rehwinkel, Alia
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014, Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine Inc. All rights reserved.
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Copyright 2015 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2014/12/12
Y1 - 2014/12/12
N2 - Pseudopheochromocytoma is a poorly understood, rare cause of severe paroxysmal hypertension that mimics the symptomatology of pheochromocytoma in the absence of biochemical evidence of this tumor. Symptoms such as headache, nausea, sweating, and palpitations during hypertensive episodes have been described. In this paper, we describe previously unreported findings of lateralizing sensorimotor deficits in a patient with pseudopheochromocytoma. These changes presented during a hypertensive episode and were concerning for stroke but were not accompanied by acute radiologic abnormalities. The deficits improved over 1.5 weeks as blood pressure stabilized with beta-blockade. We also review relevant literature on the clinical features, pathophysiology, and management of pseudopheochromocytoma.
AB - Pseudopheochromocytoma is a poorly understood, rare cause of severe paroxysmal hypertension that mimics the symptomatology of pheochromocytoma in the absence of biochemical evidence of this tumor. Symptoms such as headache, nausea, sweating, and palpitations during hypertensive episodes have been described. In this paper, we describe previously unreported findings of lateralizing sensorimotor deficits in a patient with pseudopheochromocytoma. These changes presented during a hypertensive episode and were concerning for stroke but were not accompanied by acute radiologic abnormalities. The deficits improved over 1.5 weeks as blood pressure stabilized with beta-blockade. We also review relevant literature on the clinical features, pathophysiology, and management of pseudopheochromocytoma.
KW - Case report
KW - Labile blood pressure
KW - Paroxysmal hypertension
KW - Pseudopheochromocytoma
KW - Stroke
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M3 - Article
C2 - 25506289
AN - SCOPUS:84930060647
SN - 0044-0086
VL - 87
SP - 569
EP - 573
JO - Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
JF - Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine
IS - 4
ER -