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Indian Journal of Trauma and Emergency Pediatrics

Volume  8, Issue 2, May-August 2016, Pages 179-180
 

Letter to Editor

Bilateral Hypertensive Retinopathy: A Rare Presentation of Pheochromocytoma

Shalini Sinha*, Sunil Kishore**, Sudha Chandelia***

*Consultant Eye Surgeon, Eye Hospital Muzaffarpur, Bihar. **Senior Resident, Department of Pediatric, ***Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Critical Care, PGIMER and Associated Dr. R.M.L.Hospital, New Delhi, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijtep.2348.9987.8216.28

Abstract

 Pheochromocytomas are rare tumors of childhood usually presenting as the clinical triad of headaches, tachycardia, and sweating. It can also present with unusual findings like hypertensive retinopathy. We present a case of pheochromocytoma in an adolescent boy, who presented with diminution of vision due to hypertensive retinopathy as shown by fundus examination.


Keywords: Hypertensive Retinopathy; Pheochromocytoma.


Corresponding Author : Sudha Chandelia