title: Perioperative management of a patient with a nonresectable pheochromocytoma.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To describe the clinical course of a patient with a nonresectable pheochromocytoma during urgent hip surgery.
  
  
  METHODS
  To describe the clinical management and postoperative outcome of the patient and review the relevant literature.
  
  
  RESULTS
  An 85-year-old male with a nonresectable pheochromocytoma required urgent hip surgery following a traumatic hip fracture. He was perioperatively managed with phenoxybenzamine, metyrosine, and metoprolol to avoid potential pheochromocytoma-related complications. He remained hemodynamically stable and recovered from the surgery without complications.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This case illustrates the successful management of a patient requiring urgent surgery in the setting of a nonresectable pheochromocytoma, which is rarely described in the literature.
authors: Department of Internal Medicine, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania 19096, USA. badrim@mlhs.org
authors: Marwan
authors: M
authors: Badri
authors: Ahmara V
authors: AV
authors: Gibbons
authors: Violeta
authors: V
authors: Popii
authors: Donald
authors: D
authors: Yih
authors: Debbie L
authors: DL
authors: Cohen-Stein
authors: Shrita M
authors: SM
authors: Patel
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008790:Metoprolol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010643:Phenoxybenzamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000601:surgery*; D019805:alpha-Methyltyrosine / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D010643:Phenoxybenzamine; D019805:alpha-Methyltyrosine; D008790:Metoprolol