Annals of Neurology 1979-Jan
Pheochromocytoma causing exercise-related headache and pulmonary edema.
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Abstract
A 13-year-old hypertensive girl with a history of severe headaches following exercise developed circulatory collapse after "squat jumps." Pulmonary edema was present without evidence of a cerebral mass. The patient died with increased intracranial pressure despite decompressive craniectomy. Neuropathological evaluation revealed diffuse cerebral edema and a pheochromocytoma in the right adrenal gland. Examination of urine revealed elevation of vanillylmandelic acid levels.