Extraadrenal retroperitoneal paraganglioma causing malignant hypertension and permanent visual loss in an eleven-year-old-girl
West Indian med. j
; 49(1): 76-8, Mar. 2000. ilus
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ABSTRACT
We report a secretory paraganglioma in an eleven-year-old Trinidadian girl of East Indian descent who presented with malignant hypertension, proteinuria and modest elevation of urinary vanillylmandelic acid levels. The extraadrenal mass was surgically removed without complications. The patient has been normotensive without evidence of recurrence of disease but with persistent visual sequel two years later. This case reinforces the observation that extraadrenal retroperitoneal paragangliomas can be functionally very active and early computed tomography or other imaging procedure is necessary for rapid noninvasive evaluation, timely surgery and prevention of permanent morbidity.(Au)
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Assunto principal:
Paraganglioma
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Neoplasias Retroperitoneais
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Transtornos da Visão
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Hipertensão Maligna
Limite:
Criança
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Feminino
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Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Caribe Inglês
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Trinidad e Tobago
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
West Indian med. j
Ano de publicação:
2000
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