Perinatology.
2020 Dec;31(4):236-240. 10.14734/PN.2020.31.4.236.
Pheochromocytoma during Pregnancy with Acute Abdominal Pain–a Case Report and Review of Literature in Korea
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- 1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, Seoul, Korea
- 2Department of Surgery, Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea
- KMID: 2510399
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.14734/PN.2020.31.4.236
Abstract
- Pheochromocytoma is rare during pregnancy and the common symptoms and signs are headache, hypertension; therefore, it is often misdiagnosed for preeclampsia. Here is a rare case of pheochro mocytoma in the second trimester of pregnancy presenting with acute abdominal pain. After pain relief, she could continue pregnancy with alpha-blocker to control her hypertension without surgery until 35 weeks of gestation. A healthy female neonate was delivered by cesarean section with con current retroperitoneal mass excision due to relapsed abdominal pain. Pathological examination confirmed a pheochromocytoma with myxoid change.
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