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From: Hypertension secondary to a periprostatic paraganglioma: case report and review of the literature

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Blood pressure and heart rate registrations pre-, peri- and post-surgery. Fifteen-hour registration, starting at 15 h in the afternoon (T = 0) until 6 h in the morning (T = 15), shows a sustained hypertension (A). Blood pressure and heart rate monitoring during the preperitoneal endoscopic resection of the paraganglioma shows an increase in sympathetic activity at start of intubation that is further augmented when the tumour is manipulated (B). When the tumour was removed, sympathetic activity lowered. The heart rate remained constant throughout the procedure. Postoperative monitoring indicates that there is a remainder of systolic blood pressure variability, which is common after removal of paraganglioma (C).

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