Clinic, diagnosis and treatment of pheochromocytoma in pregnant women

Abstract

Pheochromocytoma is a catecholamine-producing tumour that arises from the medullary layer of the adrenal gland or extrarenal chromaffin tissue and is not uncommon. An analysis of sectional data published in the world literature in the last two decades shows that pheochromocytoma in 1% of cases; is the cause of hypertension, which in 50-60% of patients runs as a paroxysmal form of arterial hypertension and can progress to a permanent form with or without crises.