Aftab Sommayya, Yasmeen Tayyba, Hamid M Haroon, Sarwar Muhammad, Sipra Hafeez, Qureshi Abid, Sheikh Afzal, Haider Najam, Hanif Ghazala
Department of Paediatric Critical Care Unit, The Children's Hospital and ICH, Lahore.
J Coll Physicians Surg Pak. 2012 Aug;22(8):536-8.
Pheochromocytomas are rare neuroendocrine tumours of chromaffin tissues. They are catecholamine secreting tumours which cause severe hypertension and other systemic disturbances. Of all the causes of childhood hypertension, pheochromocytoma constitutes less than 1%. We report the case of a 12 years old child who presented with hypertensive encephalopathy, confirmed histologically to be secondary to pheochromocytoma, and cured with meticulous critical care and surgical resection.
嗜铬细胞瘤是一种罕见的肾上腺髓质嗜铬组织神经内分泌肿瘤。它们是分泌儿茶酚胺的肿瘤，可导致严重高血压和其他全身紊乱。在儿童高血压的所有病因中，嗜铬细胞瘤所占比例不到1%。我们报告了一例12岁儿童的病例，该患儿表现为高血压脑病，经组织学证实继发于嗜铬细胞瘤，经过精心的重症监护和手术切除后治愈。
