Clinical imaging rounds: hypertension in a postpartum patient.
The authors report a case of a 26-year-old female with gestational headaches, hypertension, weight loss, and tachycardia. Symptoms continued postpartum and a hypertensive workup revealed an adrenal mass and elevated catecholamines.
Rosenberg
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UMDNJ-University Hospital, Newark 07013-2425.
Burger
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D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D049590:Postpartum Period; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed