title: Phaeochromocytomas as a cause of hypotension.
abstract: A patient presented with apparent septicaemic shock. Full invasive cardiovascular monitoring revealed systemic hypotension, high normal cardiac output, and a low systemic vascular resistance. Maintenance of systemic vascular resistance and blood pressure was shown to be highly dependent on noradrenaline. Subsequent investigation revealed the presence of a phaeochromocytoma producing adrenaline. The mechanisms by which phaeochromocytomas may produce hypotension are discussed.
authors.affiliation: General Hospital, Birmingham, UK.
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Baxter
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: G R
authors.initials: GR
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: London
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D004837:Epinephrine