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Phaeochromocytoma as a cause of pulmonary oedema
Author(s) -
BLOM H. J.,
KARSDORP V.,
BIRNIE R.,
DAVIES G.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1987.tb03092.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary oedema , complication , labetalol , pheochromocytoma , disease , respiratory disease , anesthesia , surgery , lung , blood pressure
Summary Phaeochromocytoma can mimic many serious disease entities. This report describes a 43‐year‐old man who presented with pulmonary oedema due to a phaeochromocytoma. Predominantly adrenaline‐secreting tumours seem to predispose to this complication. Labetalol, a combined alpha‐ and beta‐receptor blocker, should be considered as the initial treatment in these cases and continued during surgery.