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Hypolgcaemic encephalopathy following surgery on phaeochromocytoma
Author(s) -
CHANNA A. B.,
MOFTI A. B.,
TAYLOR G. W.,
MEKKI M. O.,
SHEIKH M. H.
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.tb05278.x
Subject(s) - medicine , complication , encephalopathy , surgery , pheochromocytoma , anesthesia
Summary Severe hypoglycaemia as a complication of excision of a phaeochromocytoma has been reported seven times in the world literature. The eighth case, reported here, is unusual for the severity of the hypoglycaemic neurological damage which persisted for 10 weeks before ultimate recovery.