Paroxysmal hypertension

Paroxysmal hypertension

Paroxysmal hypertension is episodic high blood pressure, which may be due to stress of any sort or from phaeochromocytoma, a type of tumor involving the adrenal medulla. Patients with paroxysmal hypertension who test negative for phaeochromocytoma are said to be suffering from pseudophaechromocytoma, [Kuchel, O. Pseudopheochromocytoma. Hypertension 1985; 7:151] a disorder with no known cause.

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