Phaeochromocytoma during pregnancy: ultrasound and MRI appearances.

Phaechromocytoma is an uncommon cause of hypertension during pregnancy and is rarely diagnosed before deli very. Phaechromocytoma in pregnancy not diagnosed before onset of labour is associated with 48% maternal death rate and a 54% fetal death ratel . The maternal mortality has declined considerably, 10%2 when diagnosis is made earlier in pregnancy and recently to zero3 and fetal mortality to 30%2. We present a case of phaechromocytoma diagnosed in the first trimester using ultrasound and MRI.