title: [Endocrine hypertension in pregnancy].
abstract: Hypertension is a frequent complication of pregnancy and may compromise fetal and maternal outcome. Hypertension may be pregnancy-induced, essential or secondary to endocrine disorders. Most cases of endocrine hypertension are the consequence of adrenal diseases. Pheochromocytoma, hypercorticism, primary aldosteronism or glucocorticoid-remediable aldosteronism can be present or diagnosed at any term and may cause severe hypertension. The most hazardous form of endocrine hypertension during pregnancy is pheochromocytoma because it may involve paroxysmal arrhythmia and/or hypertension during labor. Clinical clues and biological tests are similar to those used in non-pregnant subjects. Tests for tumor location are limited to ultrasound and magnetic resonance scans in order to avoid maternal and fetal irradiation. Medication to prepare for pheochromocytoma surgery uses alpha- and beta-blockers. The timing of surgery depends on the term of pregnancy at the diagnosis of the tumor.
authors.affiliation: Service d'hypertension artérielle, Hôpital Européen Georges Pompidou, 20, rue Leblanc, 75908 Paris cedex 15, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Launay-Mignot
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Roueff
authors.forename: A-I
authors.initials: AI
authors.lastname: Tropeano
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Thaunat
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Plouin
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000503:physiopathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000503:physiopathology