Question

After recording the blood pressure of a client, the primary health care provider confirms a diagnosis of pheochromocytoma. what blood pressure may have helped confirm the diagnosis?

Answer 1

I believe increased blood pressure indicates the presence pf pheochromocytoma. The increased blood pressure could be due to the increased production of catecholamines, indicating a lack of balance in the endocrine.  Pheochromocytoma is a neuroendocrine tumor of the medulla of the adrenal glands or extra-adrenal chromaffin tissue that failed to involute after birth, that secretes high amounts of catecholamines (norepinephrine or epinephrine).