Pheochromocytoma and fibromuscular hyperplasia.
We have described a case which documents two possible surgical correctable causes for hypertension in a 55-year-old white man. Preoperative renal arteriograms and renal vein renin determinations suggested the possibility of renal artery stenosis due to fibromuscular hyperplasia. At operation, a pheochromocytoma was found in the left suprarenal area. The presence of two unusual causes for hypertension in a single patient suggests that more than one remediable cause of hypertension should at least be considered in a given hypertensive patient.
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005352:Fibromuscular Dysplasia / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D012078:Renal Artery Obstruction / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery