Catheter embolization: preparation of patient with pheochromocytoma.
This is a case report of a patient treated at West Virginia University Medical Center that illustrates the successful use of preoperative percutaneous angiographic embolization of a pheochromocytoma in controlling a malignant hypertensive crisis.
D000293:Adolescent; D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000098:blood supply / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000098:blood supply*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002404:Catheterization; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic; D005781:Gelatin Sponge, Absorbable / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006974:Hypertension, Malignant / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000098:blood supply / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011300:Preoperative Care