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[A rare cause of hypertension during pregnancy with a fatal outcome]
P J Hajenius1, M G Van Pampus, W M Ankum
1Academisch Ziekenhuis bij de Universiteit van Amsterdam, afd. Verloskunde/Gynaecologie.
A 29 year-old nullipara with pain in the right upper abdomen, hypertension and proteinuria was admitted to hospital at a gestational age of slightly more than 32 weeks with a tentative diagnosis of preeclampsia. Eight hours after admission she died from acute pulmonary and cardiac arrest. Autopsy revealed acute haemorrhage in a phaeochromocytoma of the left adrenal gland.
A 29 year-old nullipara with pain in the right upper abdomen, hypertension and proteinuria was admitted to hospital at a gestational age of slightly more than 32 weeks with a tentative diagnosis of preeclampsia. Eight hours after admission she died from acute pulmonary and cardiac arrest. Autopsy revealed acute haemorrhage in a phaeochromocytoma of the left adrenal gland.