Thunderclap headache after micturition in bladder pheochromocytoma.
A thunderclap headache is a sudden and severe headache and is sometimes a sign of a medical emergency such as aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage and pituitary apoplexy. We report a case of pheochromocytoma in the urinary bladder in a 37-year-old man who presented with recurrent thunderclap headache after voiding and exercises. Bladder pheochromocytoma should be included in the differential diagnosis of recurrent thunderclap headache after micturition or exercises.
Department of Neurosurgery, Dongguk University Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea.
So-Hyang
SH
Im
Nam-Hee
NH
Kim
D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015444:Exercise; D051270:Headache Disorders, Primary / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D014554:Urination / Q000502:physiology*