title: [Incidental finding of phaeochromocytoma during surgery: the anaesthesiologist's nightmare].
abstract: We report the case of a patient who presented hypertension paroxysmal with acute pulmonary oedema followed by cardiocirculatory arrest during gynaecological surgery for resection of latero-aortic lymph nodes suspected to be cervical cancer metastases. This intervention, originally oncologic, has discovered ectopic phaeochromocytoma a posteriori. The management of perioperative serious adverse events revealing the undiagnosed phaeochromocytoma is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Service d'anesthésie, centre hospitalier St-Joseph-St-Luc, 20, quai Claude-Bernard, 69007 Lyon, France. delphinerousson@hotmail.com
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rousson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rimmelé
authors.forename: C E
authors.initials: CE
authors.lastname: Ber
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Allaouchiche
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bouvet
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000776:Anesthesiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis*