title: [Resistant arterial hypertension and a prominent sternum in a 77-year-old woman].
abstract: The case of a 77-year-old woman who was admitted with resistant arterial hypertension is reported. In view of a history of pheochromocytoma 2 years ago, catecholamine levels were examined and found to be elevated; in addition, MIBG scintigraphy showed a positive area in the anterior mediastinum. Computer tomography showed a tumor in the sternum. Histology confirmed metastasis from the pheochromocytoma, and the corpus was removed surgically. Currently, the patient is without any evidence of relapse.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik III, Klinikum Fulda gAG, Pacelliallee 4, 36043, Fulda, Deutschland, janina.hildebrand@klinikum-fulda.de.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hildebrand
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haubitz
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hertel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Benöhr
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
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