Systemic lupus erythematosus and pheochromocytoma.
A 40-year-old Chinese woman with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) developed labile blood pressure 3 years after her onset of high blood pressure. Pheochromocytoma was subsequently found and removed. Postoperatively her hypertension improved without change in her SLE activity. Our case demonstrates pheochromocytoma can be a cause of hypertension in SLE.
Wu
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Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Luo
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Ho
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D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed