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Anaesthetic management for Caesarean section combined with removal of phaeochromocytoma

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 August 2006

K. Takahashi ,
Y. Sai  and
S. Nosaka
K. Takahashi
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
Y. Sai
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
S. Nosaka
Affiliation:
Department of Anaesthesiology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta Tsukinowa-cho, Otsu, Shiga 520-2192, Japan
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Abstract

In this case report, the anaesthetic management for a removal of phaeochromocytoma undertaken immediately following Caesarean section is described. A 32-year-old female patient was given epidural anaesthesia for Caesarean section, and thereafter, general anaesthesia for a resection of phaeochromocytoma. During surgery, phentolamine, nitroglycerine and prostaglandin E1 were electively administered to decrease blood pressure and heart rate. A live infant was delivered and the supra-adrenal tumour was excised successfully. The patient's post-operative recovery was uneventful.

Keywords

pregnancyphaeochromocytomacaesarean sectiondrugsprostaglandin E1
Type
Case Report
Information
European Journal of Anaesthesiology , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , May 1998 , pp. 364 - 366
Copyright
1998 European Society of Anaesthesiology

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