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I. Šurković, Belma Ascić-Buturović, B. Heljić, I. Suljević
0 2004.

[Unilateral pheochromocytoma and adrenal gland hyperplasia].

Woman, forty two years old, has been hospitalized because of frequent headache, palpitation and tremor of lips with paroxysmal increase of blood pressure. The adrenals have examined. The status of the hormones has checked many times but showed increased values of VMA and 17-OH steroids only once. There is no possibility to measure the catcholamines. Analysis of other hormones has showed normal values except of paradoxal hGH increase during suppressive hGH test and hypoglycemia in OGTT test. The changes of the left adrenal, which size was 25x18 and 30x25 mm, have diagnosed by MRI of adrenals. It has been suspected microadenoma by MRI of pituitary gland. The left adrenalectomy has been done. During the surgery hypertension and tachyarrhythmia has occurred and treated by fentolamin and propranolol. No complications have been noticed after the surgery. The status of the adrenals hormones are in the normal range. Patohystological analysis has proved phcochromocytoma and hyperplasy.


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