Case 36-2006: A 35-year-old pregnant woman with new hypertension

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 355, Issue 21, 2006, Pages 2237-2245

  Klibanski, Anne ^a,e   Stephen, Antonia E ^b,e   Greene, Michael F ^c,e   Blake, Michael A ^d,e   Wu, Chin Lee ^d,e  

^a Neuroendocrine Unit

^b Department of Surgery ^*

^c Obstetrics and Gynecology Service

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; LABETALOL; NIFEDIPINE; POTASSIUM;

ADRENAL CORTEX TUMOR; ADRENAL GLAND; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DOSE RESPONSE; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER BIOPSY; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROIDOGENESIS; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CLINICAL STUDY; DIAGNOSIS; HYPERTENSION; LIVER TUMOR; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATION; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; URINE;

ADRENOCORTICAL CARCINOMA; ADULT; CUSHING SYNDROME; DIABETES, GESTATIONAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPERTENSION; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, NEOPLASTIC; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND;

EID: 33751228143     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMcpc069027     Document Type: Article

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