Postoperative deaths due to unsuspected pheochromocytoma.
Two cases of postoperative death due to unsuspected pheochromocytoma are presented. Both patients exhibited signs and symptoms preoperatively which might have been attributable to a pheochromocytoma. These reports serve as a reminder of the potentially fatal consequences of inadequate evaluation of hypertensive patients before surgery.
D000138:Acidosis / Q000401:mortality; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D000368:Aged; D001024:Aortic Valve Stenosis / Q000601:surgery; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000401:mortality; D007383:Intermittent Claudication / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000401:mortality; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000401:mortality*