Fluctuation of Blood Pressure in a Patient With Pheochromocytoma

Yuichi Fujii, MD, PhD; Hiroki Teragawa, MD, PhD; Kunihiro Hashimoto, MD, PhD; Hirofumi Nakayama, MD, PhD; Shinji Kishimoto, MD, PhD; Yukihito Higashi, MD, PhD

JACC: Case Reports (Dec 2020)

Fluctuation of Blood Pressure in a Patient With Pheochromocytoma

Yuichi Fujii, MD, PhD,
Hiroki Teragawa, MD, PhD,
Kunihiro Hashimoto, MD, PhD,
Hirofumi Nakayama, MD, PhD,
Shinji Kishimoto, MD, PhD,
Yukihito Higashi, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Yuichi Fujii, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima General Hospital of West Japan Railway Company, Hiroshima, Japan
Hiroki Teragawa, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima General Hospital of West Japan Railway Company, Hiroshima, Japan
Kunihiro Hashimoto, MD, PhD: Department of Urology, Hiroshima General Hospital of West Japan Railway Company, Hiroshima, Japan
Hirofumi Nakayama, MD, PhD: Department of Pathology, Hiroshima General Hospital of West Japan Railway Company, Hiroshima, Japan
Shinji Kishimoto, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Regeneration and Medicine, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan
Yukihito Higashi, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Regeneration and Medicine, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan; Address for correspondence: Dr. Yukihito Higashi, Department of Cardiovascular Regeneration and Medicine, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, 1-2-3 Kasumi, Minami-ku, Hiroshima 734-8551, Japan.

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 15
pp. 2455 – 2459

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Treatment with a combination of norepinephrine and doxazosin was effective in a patient with pheochromocytoma who had blood pressure fluctuation, hypotension, and recurrent syncope. After adrenalectomy, his blood pressure, heart rate, and plasma levels of catecholamines remained normal and stable without any medication. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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