Korean J Anesthesiol.  1987 Dec;20(6):880-886. 10.4097/kjae.1987.20.6.880.

Anesthetic Management for Bilateral Pheochromocytoma

• Rhim CS
• Kim HK
• Baik SW
• Kim IS
• Chung KS

• KMID: 2090513
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.1987.20.6.880

Abstract

Pheochromocytoma is the cause of hypertension in 0.1% of the hypertencive patits, and in 10% of these cases, the tumor is bilateral. Therefore bilateral pheochromocytoma is very rare. The following is a report of the anesthetic methods employed in the surgical management of a case of bilateral pheochromocytoma which was performed in stages at PNUH, between June 4th and June 12, 1986. The staged operation reduced the instability of the vital signs caused by concurrent manipulation of the bilateral pheochromoytoma and facilitated tumor removal.

MeSH Terms

Hypertension
Pheochromocytoma*
Vital Signs