Phaeochromocytoma with psychiatric disturbances. one case
El-Matri, A.; Slim, R.; Zmerli, S.; Ayed, H.B.
La Nouvelle Presse Medicale 7(17): 1467-1470
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0301-1518 PMID: 673692 Document Number: 135630
A case of phaeochromocytoma which presented with hypertension and severe psychiatric disturbances including three attempts at suicide. These psychiatric problems regressed completely following removal of the tumour. Although inconstant, the combination of hypertension and psychiatric problems should always lead to studies for the possible presence of a phaeochromocytoma. The mechanism of these disturbances is not clearly understood but either a direct action of catecholamines on cerebral tissue or changes secondary to blood pressure variations are suggested.