Abstract
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.
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Un malade porteur de phéochromocytome dont on ignorait la présence a subi une cure de hernie en chirurgie réglée qui s’est compliquée d’une crise hypotensive post-opératoire grave. La conduite a tenir en pareil cas, la préparation pré-opératoire et l’excision de la tumeur qui fut couronnée de succès sont décrites. Cette expérience exceptionnelle est rapportée ici dans le but d’aider le médecin traitant à faire face à une complication qui peut s’avérer mortelle.
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Wooster, D.L., Mitchell, R.I. Unsuspected phaeochromocytoma presenting during surgery. Canad. Anaesth. Soc. J. 28, 471–474 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03010359
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