title: Cyclic fluctuation of blood pressure in neonatal neuroblastoma.
abstract: Herein is described a case of neonatal neuroblastoma with cyclic blood pressure fluctuation and elevated catecholamines. The fluctuations stabilized after treatment with α-adrenergic blocker and the perioperative course was uneventful. The possibility of catecholamine-related symptoms including hypertension, heart failure, and blood pressure fluctuations should be considered in the treatment for neuroblastoma; if they are present, treatment with α-blockers is effective.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Jun
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fujishiro
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Masahiko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sugiyama
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishimaru
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Chizue
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Uotani
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Shinya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsuchida
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Ryosuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Shiozawa
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Takita
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: Tadashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwanaka
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012186:Retroperitoneal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*
keywords: catecholamine; cyclic fluctuation; hypertension; neuroblastoma; α-adrenergic blocker