[Hypertensive episode and arrhythmia with fatal outcome caused by pheochromocytoma discovered peroperatively].
The authors report a case of pheochromocytoma recognized during surgery, at the manipulation of the tumor resulting in severe arterial hypertension, arrhythmia and a final unresponsive ventricular fibrillation. The anatomopathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of the pheochromocytoma in ectopic localization.
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Service d'Anesthésie, CHU Ibnou Rochd, Casablanca, Maroc.
el Mouknia
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D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
Poussées hypertensives et troubles du rythme à évolution fatale par phéochromocytome de découverte peropératoire.