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| Year : 2023 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 58-60 |
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A case of phaeochromocytoma with normal metanephrine but high plasma aldosterone
Wafia Najifa, M A. Jalil Ansari, Indrajit Prasad, Mohammad Saifuddin, Moinul Islam, Mirza Sharifuzzaman, Mohammad Jahangir Alam, Farhana Afrooz, Sadia Jabeen Mustafa, A K. M Fahad
Department of Endocrinology, Dhaka Medical College, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Correspondence Address:
Wafia Najifa
Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka
Bangladesh
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None
DOI: 10.4103/bjem.bjem_21_22
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Pheochromocytoma is one of the causes of endocrine hypertension leading to stroke in young patients. The tumor secretes not only catecholamines but also other hormones in rare occasions. Besides, symptomatic tumors may come with normal catecholamine metabolite levels. Here is a case of a 28-year-old male featuring these exceptions who was managed at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
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