Pheochromocytoma: Secondary Hypertension in Pregnancy

Taryn Dorn Heyman; Aswathi Jayaram; Yuval Eisenberg; Simone Crivellaro; Abdul Mohammed; Joan E Briller

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102217

Pheochromocytoma: Secondary Hypertension in Pregnancy

JACC Case Rep. 2024 Jan 12;29(4):102217. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2023.102217. eCollection 2024 Feb 21.

Authors

Taryn Dorn Heyman¹, Aswathi Jayaram¹, Yuval Eisenberg², Simone Crivellaro³, Abdul Mohammed⁴, Joan E Briller^{1

5}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Maternal Fetal Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
² Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
³ Department of Urology, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁴ Department of Pathology, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
⁵ Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Abstract

Secondary hypertension can occur from a variety of renal and endocrine disorders. Pheochromocytoma, a rare catecholamine-secreting neuroendocrine tumor, is associated with adverse maternal and fetal outcomes in the absence of a timely diagnosis and a coordinated multidisciplinary approach. Clues to diagnosis include resistant hypertension or an adrenal mass on imaging.

Keywords: hypertensive disorder pregnancy; neuroendocrine tumor; resistant hypertension.

Publication types

Case Reports