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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 28, 471-474, Copyright © 1981 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Unsuspected Phaeochromocytoma Presenting during Surgery

D. L. WOOSTER 1 and R. I. MITCHELL 2

1 St. Joseph's Health Centre, Toronto
2 Department of Surgery, University of Toronto, The Wellesley Hospital, Toronto, Ontario

A patient with an unsuspected phaeochromocytoma presented with transient hypertension during anaesthesia for an elective hernia repair, and developed severe post-operative hypotension. The management of this acute crisis, appropriate preoperative preparation and the subsequent successful removal of the tumour is described. Awareness of this unusual presentation may help the attending physician to save such a patient.

Key Words: COMPLICATIONS, phaeochomocytoma






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