[Headache in patients with pheochromocytoma. Influence of arterial hypertension].
Headache is an important diagnostic element in pheochromocytoma and it may characterize a body reaction to pathological hormonal oscillations. We observed the pheochromocytoma instability in 20 patients during arterial hypertension and tried to correlate with headache. We found that isolate hypertension is not the only factor in headache pathogenesis. It is possible that changes in catecholamines, adrenomedullin and other neuropeptides may cause some of these symptoms.
Piovesan
E J
EJ
Departamento de Clínica Médica, Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal do Paraná (UFPR), Curitiba, Brasil.
Moeller
L
L
Piovesan
L M
LM
Werneck
L C
LC
de Carvalho
J L
JL
D000293:Adolescent; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010455:Peptides / Q000494:pharmacology; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
D002395:Catecholamines; D010455:Peptides