title: Phaeochromocytoma presenting with labile blood pressures following coronary artery bypass grafting.
abstract: Pheochromocytomas have been reported prior to and during coronary artery bypass surgery. We present a patient with an undiagnosed pheochromocytoma who presented with labile hypertension following coronary artery bypass surgery. This case calls attention to the inclusion of an undiagnosed pheochromocytoma in the differential diagnosis for all patients who develop labile hypertension in the postoperative period following cardiac surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Eastern Heart Clinic, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Roy
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Eastern Heart Clinic, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Zakir
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Akhunji
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Eastern Heart Clinic, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Virag
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kushwaha
authors.affiliation: Department of Nephrology, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mackie
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Eastern Heart Clinic, The Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, Sydney, Australia.
authors.forename: Nigel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jepson
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D000315:Adrenalectomy; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D011184:Postoperative Period; D016896:Treatment Outcome