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Exercise-induced nausea and vomiting: another sign and symptom of pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma.
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PMID:  20960160     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Process    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A cohort of nine patients, mostly young adults, presented with a new sign/symptom of pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma: exercise-induced nausea and vomiting. The aims of this article are to introduce this sign/symptom and offer a possible hypothesis for the observation. Following a 2000 report from a paraganglioma patient experiencing exercise-induced nausea and vomiting, we began asking patients about instances of nausea and vomiting with exercise. A total of nine patients, 4.4% of our pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma population, presented with reports of exercise-induced nausea and vomiting, initially with moderate-to-intense levels of exercise, at the first presentation of their disease. All of these patients reported a cessation of exercise-induced nausea and vomiting following the removal of their primary tumor. Two patients with metastatic disease to the lungs reported a recurrence of exercise-induced nausea and vomiting. The majority of patients studied were young adults with mean onset age of 19.4 years (range of 9-51 years) and the mean age of diagnosis being 24.1 years (range of 11-53 years). Exercise-induced nausea and vomiting should be considered a sign/symptom of pheochromocytoma/paraganglioma and should be addressed in the clinical evaluation of these patients, especially in young adults. Whether exercise-induced elevated catecholamine levels could account for the induced nausea and vomiting via activation of adrenergic receptors in the area postrema remains to be established.
Authors:
Kathryn S King; Nissar A Darmani; Marybeth S Hughes; Karen T Adams; Karel Pacak
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Intramural     Date:  2010-04-21
Journal Detail:
Title:  Endocrine     Volume:  37     ISSN:  1559-0100     ISO Abbreviation:  Endocrine     Publication Date:  2010 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-10-20     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9434444     Medline TA:  Endocrine     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  403-7     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology Program, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NICHD, National Institutes of Health NIH, Building 10, CRC, 1-East, Room 1-3140, 10 Center Drive, MSC-1109, Bethesda, MD 20892-1109, USA.
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