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Clin Case Rep. 2015 Nov 05;3(12):1056-7. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.392. eCollection 2015 Dec.

Hypertension presenting early in pregnancy.

Clinical case reports

Audrey Melvin, Brendan Kinsley

Affiliations

  1. Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Dublin Ireland.

PMID: 26734147 PMCID: PMC4693707 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.392

Abstract

Paraganglioma in pregnancy is an exceedingly rare and potentially life-threatening diagnosis. It is important that the clinicians consider secondary causes when women present with hypertension in early pregnancy.

Keywords: Catecholamines; hypertension; paraganglioma; pheochromocytoma; pregnancy

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  3. Clin Case Rep. 2015 Nov 05;3(12):1056-7 - PubMed

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