PAROXYSMAL HYPERTENSION WITH CONCOMITANT SWELLING OF THE THYROID DUE TO - PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA OF THE RIGHT ADRENAL GLAND. CURE BY SURGICAL REMOVAL OF THE PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA
- 1 January 1947
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Endocrine Society in Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism
- Vol. 7 (1) , 30-46
- https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem-7-1-30
Abstract
A case report is presented in which, added to the usual signs and symptoms characteristic of the suprarenal sympathetic syndrome, a sudden swelling of the thyroid gland was observed. This swelling reached its peak and faded away, concurrently with the rise and fall of blood pressure, in each hypertensive attack. A cure of this feature and of the entire syndrome was effected by the surgical removal of the pheochrome tumor.Keywords
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