Rousson D, Rimmelé T, Ber C E, Allaouchiche B, Bouvet L
Service d'anesthésie, centre hospitalier St-Joseph-St-Luc, 20, quai Claude-Bernard, 69007 Lyon, France.
Ann Fr Anesth Reanim. 2012 Feb;31(2):172-5. doi: 10.1016/j.annfar.2011.10.026. Epub 2012 Jan 27.
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.
