Vnitr Lek 2004, 50(2):163-166
[Clinical conditions imitating pheochromocytoma in diagnostic practice].
- II. interná klinika Lekárskej fakulty UK, Bratislava, Slovenská republika.
Serious predominantly diastolic treatment-resistant hypertension with unstable blood pressure values draws first contact physician's attention to a possibility of pheochromocytoma, although in some periods of disease blood pressure values of a patient can be normal or only slightly elevated. Clinical picture is sometimes atypical, can be overlooked or lead to a wrong diagnosis. The author brings forward atypical cases where pheochromocytoma emulates different disease or diseases with clinical pictures similar to that of pheochromocytoma.
Keywords: Adrenal Gland Neoplasms, diagnosis, ; Diagnosis, Differential; Humans; Hypertension, etiology, ; Pheochromocytoma, diagnosis,
Published: February 1, 2004 Show citation