Open AccessFailure to Diagnose Phaeochromocytoma Preoperatively: A Case Report and Review of Diagnostic Criteria
Author(s) -
Ileana Antonopoulou,
M. P. D. Heining
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
case reports in anesthesiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2090-6390
pISSN - 2090-6382
DOI - 10.1155/2011/841510
Subject(s) - medicine , pheochromocytoma , intensive care medicine , general surgery , surgery , pathology
We present a case in which phaeochromocytoma was not diagnosed preoperatively despite extensive investigation. There was significant haemodynamic instability during surgery. We review current diagnostic criteria with a view to reducing such a risk in future.
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