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==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
*[[Amphetamine]] | |||
*[[Anxiety]] | *[[Anxiety]] | ||
*[[Baroreflex failure]] | |||
*[[Brain tumor]] | *[[Brain tumor]] | ||
*[[Carcinoid]] | *[[Carcinoid]] | ||
*[[Cluster headache]] | *[[Cluster headache]] | ||
*[[Cocaine]] | |||
*[[Factitious hypertension]] | |||
*[[Hyperthyroidism]] | *[[Hyperthyroidism]] | ||
*[[Intracranial hemorrhage]] | *[[Intracranial hemorrhage]] | ||
*[[Lateral medulla compression]] | *[[Lateral medulla compression]] | ||
*[[Lysergic acid diethylamide]] | |||
*[[Mastocytosis]] | *[[Mastocytosis]] | ||
*[[Migraine headache]] | *[[Migraine headache]] | ||
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*[[Renovascular hypertension]] | *[[Renovascular hypertension]] | ||
*[[Traumatic brain injury]] | *[[Traumatic brain injury]] | ||
*[[Tyrosine ingestion combined with monoamine oxidase inhibitors]] | |||
*[[Seizures]] | *[[Seizures]] | ||
*[[Stroke]] | *[[Stroke]] | ||
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==Natural History, Complications and Prognosis== | ==Natural History, Complications and Prognosis== | ||
*Some cases can result in [[hypertensive encephalopathy]] | *Some cases can result in [[hypertensive encephalopathy]] | ||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 14:23, 19 August 2012
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Paroxysmal hypertension is episodic high blood pressure.
Classification
Patients with paroxysmal hypertension who test negative for phaeochromocytoma are said to be suffering from pseudophaechromocytoma,[1] a disorder with no known cause.
Causes
- Amphetamine
- Anxiety
- Baroreflex failure
- Brain tumor
- Carcinoid
- Cluster headache
- Cocaine
- Factitious hypertension
- Hyperthyroidism
- Intracranial hemorrhage
- Lateral medulla compression
- Lysergic acid diethylamide
- Mastocytosis
- Migraine headache
- Pheochromocytoma
- Renovascular hypertension
- Traumatic brain injury
- Tyrosine ingestion combined with monoamine oxidase inhibitors
- Seizures
- Stroke
Natural History, Complications and Prognosis
- Some cases can result in hypertensive encephalopathy
References
- ↑ Kuchel, O. Pseudopheochromocytoma. Hypertension 1985; 7:151