Article: Extra-adrenal Paraganglioma: An Uncommon Cause of Secondary Hypertension in a Young Subject
Abstract:
An 8 year boy was admitted with features of tuberculous meningitis. He was detected to have hypertension. Further investigations revealed an extra-adrenal paraganglioma. Tuberculous meningitis and paraganglioma could be chance associations. Paraganglioma is a rare and potentially lethal cause of secondary hypertension, very uncommon at this age. If left untreated it leads to complications arising from unrelenting hypertension. We report a case report on this very rare disease of paraganglioma presenting in an unexpected way.
SK Kota
Resident, Department of Endocrinology, Medwin Hospital, Hyderabad-500001, Andhra Pradesh
SK Kota
Department of Anaesthesia, Central Security Hospital, RIYADH
S Jammula
Department of Pharmaceutics, Roland Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, BERHAMPUR, Orissa
S Panda
Department of Cardiology, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pundicherry
Keywords
Paraganglioma, Tuberculous meningitis, Secondary hypertension
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.3126/jnps.v31i3.4965
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