Unilateral pulmonary edema during an operation in patient with undiagnosed pheochromocytoma - A case report -

Intraoperative hypertension in a patient with undiagnosed pheochromocytoma under spinal anesthesia

“…Even though adequate pretreatment is performed, uncontrolled hemodynamic responses during the surgery may result in postoperative complications. In particular, undiagnosed pheochromocytoma without any pretreatment can lead to highly severe life-threatening hypertensive crisis [ 1 ]. Therefore, it has always posed a great challenge for anesthesiologists [ 2 ].…”