The article aims to stress the importance of revealing the causes of arterial hypertension (AH) and providing differential diagnostics. Being a globally spread issue that is discussed by healthcare ptofessionals worldwide, hypertension may be described as a medical and social problem. Most clinical examples are accompanied with the presence of an essential form of hypertension, though 5–25 % of cases are attributed specifically to the secondary (symptomatic) form of hypertension (SAH). This article discusses such a case in a young patient with pheochromocytoma. This clinical instance is an illustration of SAH development, which requires a competent study of the root cause, given the complexity of diagnosis at the initial stages of the disease, as well as the correct choice of patient management tactics.
The article aims to stress the importance of revealing the causes of arterial hypertension (AH) and providing differential diagnostics. Being a globally spread issue that is discussed by healthcare ptofessionals worldwide, hypertension may be described as a medical and social problem. Most clinical examples are accompanied with the presence of an essential form of hypertension, though 5–25 % of cases are attributed specifically to the secondary (symptomatic) form of hypertension (SAH). This article discusses such a case in a young patient with pheochromocytoma. This clinical instance is an illustration of SAH development, which requires a competent study of the root cause, given the complexity of diagnosis at the initial stages of the disease, as well as the correct choice of patient management tactics.
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