Micturition with headache: phaeochromocytoma of the bladder.
A patient with a 20-year history of severe frontal headaches when passing urine was found to be severely hypertensive. Investigations confirmed a clinical diagnosis of phaeochromocytoma of the bladder. Treatment by a partial cystectomy and transuretero-ureterostomy resulted in a complete removal of the tumour, control of his hypertension and resolution of the headaches.
D000328:Adult; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications*; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D014554:Urination