Symptoms and Signs

Other symptom and signs are listed below [6,8].

Headache
Palpitations
Sweating
Pallor
Nausea
Flushing
Weight Loss
Tiredness
Psychological symptoms
Sustained hypertension
Paroxysmal hypertension
Orthostatic hypertension
Hyperglycaemia
Epigastric pain
Hypertensive retinopathy
Fever
Tremor
Stigmata of neurofibromatosis
Pulmonary oedema
Cardiomyopathy
Hypercalcaemia

Learning bite

The diagnosis should be considered in any patient presenting with hypertension in conjunction with other symptoms, but be aware that hypertension can be episodic or not present and consider the diagnosis if there is a complex of compatible clinical features.

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