Paraganglioma: A Case Report
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Paragangliomas are very rare tumors that must be excluded in the patients with hypertension associated with abdominal incidentaloma and/ or unexpected drug-induced blood pressure changes. We report a 36-year-old woman with abdominal mass who had had a history of hypertensive attacks and a life- threatening hypotension after some drugs were being administered. Diagnostic procedures including measurement of urinary cathecolamine metabolites, Computed tomography scan, [131I] Metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy, and histological examination of excised mass revealed the diagnosis of paraganglioma.
Paragangliomas are very rare tumors that must be excluded in the patients with hypertension associated with abdominal incidentaloma and/ or unexpected drug-induced blood pressure changes. We report a 36-year-old woman with abdominal mass who had had a history of hypertensive attacks and a life- threatening hypotension after some drugs were being administered. Diagnostic procedures including measurement of urinary cathecolamine metabolites, Computed tomography scan, [131I] Metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy, and histological examination of excised mass revealed the diagnosis of paraganglioma.