Cerebral hemorrhage as the initial symptom of delayed diagnosis of childhood pheochromocytoma
Pheochromocytoma is a rare catecholamine secreting tumor originating from the chromafine cells of the adrenal medulla, so it is an unusual cause of surgical hypertension and is extremely rare in pediatric population. we present a case of 12-year-old girl who had an intracranial hemorrhage as the fir...
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2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | Pheochromocytoma is a rare catecholamine secreting tumor originating from the chromafine cells of the adrenal medulla, so it is an unusual cause of surgical hypertension and is extremely rare in pediatric population. we present a case of 12-year-old girl who had an intracranial hemorrhage as the first demonstration due to blood hypertension of undiagnosed pheochromocytoma. |
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| Item Description: | 2213-5766 10.1016/j.epsc.2022.102234 |