Management of anesthesia in unspecified extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma patient who used beta-blocker

Ayse Belin Ozer; Ismail Demirel; Ozgur Duzgol; Refik Ayten; Omer Lutfi Erhan

doi:10.4103/1658-354X.144088

Management of anesthesia in unspecified extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma patient who used beta-blocker

Saudi J Anaesth. 2014 Nov;8(Suppl 1):S105-8. doi: 10.4103/1658-354X.144088.

Authors

Ayse Belin Ozer¹, Ismail Demirel¹, Ozgur Duzgol¹, Refik Ayten², Omer Lutfi Erhan¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig 23119, Turkey.
² Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Firat University, Elazig 23119, Turkey.

Abstract

An operation was planned for a female patient aged 59 for intra-abdominal mass. The patient was using nebivolol for hypertension. Blood pressure (BP) of the patient was raised to 200/130 mmHg during anesthesia induction. BP was gradually reduced by remifentanil infusion. Following the manipulation of the mass, BP began to increase (225/160 mmHg), thus nitroglycerin and followed nitroprusside infusion was started. Propofol (200 + 200 mg) and furosemide (20 mg) were administered intravenously. BP suddenly dropped (90/60 mmHg) following the removal of the mass, nitroglycerine, and nitroprusside infusions were stopped; remifentanil dose was decreased and fluid was quickly infused. The patient was uneventually recovered. Vanilmandelic acid level was higher in the patient and pheochromocytoma was considered.

Keywords: Adrenergic beta-antagonists; anesthesia; general; pheochromocytoma.

Publication types

Case Reports