We Anesthetized a Patient with Unexpected Pheochromocytoma, Diagnosed during Operation: 1 case report.
10.4097/kjae.1997.32.1.139
- Author:
Seung Ho KANG
1
;
Yeun Gin CHUNG
;
Chun Ik JANG
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology, Taegeon Eulji Hospital, Eulji Medical Center, Taegeon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Blood pressure hypertension;
hypotension;
Surgery pheochromocytoma
- MeSH:
Ephedrine;
Female;
Hemodynamics;
Humans;
Hypertension;
Hypotension;
Inhalation;
Middle Aged;
Mortality;
Nitroprusside;
Perioperative Period;
Pheochromocytoma*;
Tachycardia;
Vascular Access Devices
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
1997;32(1):139-143
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Pheochromocytoma is a tumor which secretes catecholamine and produces remarkable hemodynamic changes during the perioperative period. It is reported that in cases where a patient with undiagnosed pheochromocytoma is operated on, the mortality rate can reach 25% to 50%. The subject in this study was a 55-year-old female patient who was diagnosed having a retroperitoneal mass which looked like a neurogenic tumor. During the manipulation, serious hypertension and tachycardia were developed. The authors at that time suspected a pheochromocytoma, interrupted the operation, and after insertion of arterial line and sodium nitroprusside infusion, the rest of the operation was restarted. After the extirpation of the tumor, as the patient suffered serious hypotension, the concentration of the inhalation agent was reduced, ephedrine was injected, the proper amount of fluid and blood were administered, and, as a result, the operation was carried out safely, and postoperative course was unremarkable.
