IMR Press / CEOG / Volume 41 / Issue 1 / DOI: 10.12891/ceog16012014

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Case Report
The sympathetic neural hyperalgesia/edema syndrome, a common cause of female pelvic pain, manifesting as a pseudopheochromocytoma with marked clinical improvement with sympathomimetic amines
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1 The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School at Camden Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Division of Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility, Camden, NJ
2 Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Philadelphia, PA
3 Temple University School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Philadelphia PA (USA)
Clin. Exp. Obstet. Gynecol. 2014, 41(1), 75–77; https://doi.org/10.12891/ceog16012014
Published: 10 February 2014
Abstract

Purpose: To show that a common but not well-known disorder of the sympathetic nervous system can present with symptoms suggesting a pheochromocytoma. Materials and Methods: The standard treatment of this disorder (which is characterized by an abnormal water load test), i.e., sympathomimetic amine therapy, was given to a woman with paroxysmal tachycardia and hypertension. Results: Over a period of six months, the treatment eradicated the paroxysmal symptoms to which all other therapies had failed. Conclusions: This condition recently named as sympathetic neural hyperalgesia edema syndrome can present with symptoms of a pheochromocytoma and will respond to therapy with low dosages of dextroamphetamine sulfate.
Keywords
Pheochromocytoma
Sympathomimetic amines
Hypertension
Paroxysmal tachycardia
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