Secondary hypertension to pheochromocytoma: case report

Abstract

Pheochromocytomas are tumors of chromaffin cells that produce catecholamines, which can occur in the adrenal glands. It is considered a rare condition, affecting 0.8 per 100,000 person-years, with a higher prevalence in women between 40 and 59 years. One of the problems that it causes is hypertension, being classified as hypertension secondary to Pheochromocytoma. We report the case of a 53-yearold woman who sought medical help at a private clinic specialized in cardiology for routine consultation and preoperative evaluation for the purpose of tumor excision in the right adrenal gland. She reports being diagnosed with arterial hypertension secondary to pheochromocytoma. Pheochromocytoma is a cause of secondary hypertension resulting in increased blood pressure levels, requiring adrenal block until the tumor is excised, when normalization of blood pressure is expected, as the adrenergic stimulus is overcame with the withdrawal of the neoplasm, returning the patient to her state of normotension.