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(Circulation. 1950;1:454.)
© 1950 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Sustained Hypertension due to Pheochromocytoma

Report of Case Cured by Removal of Tumor

HUGH P. SMITH JR. M.D.¹; R. BRUCE LOGUE M.D.¹; DONALD E. BEARD M.D.¹

¹ From the Departments of Medicine and Urology, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University, Georgia.

Report of a case of sustained arterial hypertension due to an adrenal medullary tumor, excision of which resulted in return of the blood pressure to normal levels and relief of all symptoms. A brief discussion of the symptoms and signs and several useful diagnostic tests is included.

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