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Pheochromocytoma in pregnancy: A case report and updated management review

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Case Report

Author Details : Wajiha Gul*, Khaled Ahmed Baagar, Hind Yousef Ahmed, Mohammed Bashir

Volume : 1, Issue : 1, Year : 2022

Article Page : 40-42

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Abstract

Pheochromocytoma is a catecholamine-producing neuroendocrine tumor leading to hypertensive crises in untreated patients. Presentation in pregnancy can mimic gestational hypertension or pre-eclampsia. Physicians need to keep a high index of suspicion to have timely diagnosis and management of pheochromocytoma during pregnancy. We report a 27-year-old female who was diagnosed with pheochromocytoma at 18 weeks of gestation and she underwent laparoscopic adrenalectomy at 22 weeks of gestation with a good pregnancy outcome and with no recurrence over 8 years of follow-up.

Keywords: Pregnancy, Pheochromocytoma, Hypertension, Catecholamines.

How to cite : Gul W, Baagar K A , Ahmed H Y, Bashir M, Pheochromocytoma in pregnancy: A case report and updated management review. Yemen J Med 2022;1(1):40-42

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