Pica loop syndrome

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Classification according to ICD-10
I10.0 high blood pressure
ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019)

The PICA loop syndrome is a rare cause of secondary hypertension .

This is an abnormal, loop-like course ("loop") of the posterior lower cerebellar artery (PICA) at the level of the pons , which compresses the blood pressure center and causes high blood pressure.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b C. Koppelstätter: Secondary Hypertension: In: Journal für Hypertonie , Volume 19, No. 2, 2015, pp. 51–55, kup.at (PDF)