[A rare cause of hypertension during pregnancy with a fatal outcome].
A 29 year-old nullipara with pain in the right upper abdomen, hypertension and proteinuria was admitted to hospital at a gestational age of slightly more than 32 weeks with a tentative diagnosis of preeclampsia. Eight hours after admission she died from acute pulmonary and cardiac arrest. Autopsy revealed acute haemorrhage in a phaeochromocytoma of the left adrenal gland.
Hajenius
P J
PJ
Academisch Ziekenhuis bij de Universiteit van Amsterdam, afd. Verloskunde/Gynaecologie.
Van Pampus
M G
MG
Ankum
W M
WM
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006470:Hemorrhage / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications*; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000175:diagnosis; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic; D011507:Proteinuria / Q000209:etiology; D012422:Rupture, Spontaneous
Een zeldzame oorzaak van hypertensie tijdens de zwangerschap met fatale afloop.