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A catecholamine crisis on Mount Kilimanjaro: a hypoxia effect?
- Source :
- Journal of travel medicine. 17(6)
- Publication Year :
- 2010
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Abstract
- Sympathetic paragangliomas are autonomic nervous system tumors associated with dysregulation of intracellular oxygen metabolism. Exposure to high altitudes is reported to activate the production of catecholamines in the sympathoadrenal system. We describe an individual with a paraganglioma complicated by a catecholamine crisis that occurred on the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Fatal outcome
Bone Neoplasms
Tanzania
Disease course
Heart Neoplasms
Paraganglioma
Catecholamines
Fatal Outcome
Internal medicine
medicine
Sympathoadrenal system
Humans
Heart Atria
Hypoxia
business.industry
Oxygen metabolism
Altitude
General Medicine
Hypoxia (medical)
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
United States
Normetanephrine
Autonomic nervous system
Endocrinology
Catecholamine
medicine.symptom
business
medicine.drug
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 17088305
- Volume :
- 17
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of travel medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....d9a0a6797e72dd418ae6a73317679f17