An Extra-adrenal Pheochromocytoma Presenting as Malignant Hypertension-A Report of two Cases
Published: June 1, 2013 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2013/.3046
Mahesh Kumar U, Pankaj Pande, Savita SS, Ashwin PK, Balasaheb Ramling Yelikar
1. Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, Pratima
Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar.
2. Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, BLDEU’s
Shri B.M. Patil Medical College, Bijapur.
3. Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, BLDEU’s
Shri B.M. Patil Medical College, Bijapur.
4. Associate Professor, Department of Pathology, SN Medical
College, Bagalkot, Karnataka.
5. Professor & Head, Department of Pathology, BLDEU’s Shri
B.M. Patil Medical College, Bijapur.
Correspondence
Dr. Mahesh Kumar U,
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology,
Pratima Institute of Medical Sciences, Karimnagar.
Phone: 09739317309
E-mail: maheshdearmedico@yahoo.co.in
Malignant hypertension is a complication of hypertension characterized by elevated blood pressure (200mm/140mm Hg), is considered a medical emergency and is rarely secondary to paraganglioma. Malignant hypertension is unique in its relationship to a catecholamine secreting paraganglioma. We present two rare cases of malignant hypertension associated with paraganglioma of tonsil and urinary bladder.
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