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

• Main Authors: Ayse Belin Ozer, Ismail Demirel, Ozgur Duzgol, Refik Ayten, Omer Lutfi Erhan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
• Series: Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia
• Online Access: http://www.saudija.org/article.asp?issn=1658-354X;year=2014;volume=8;issue=5;spage=105;epage=108;aulast=Ozer
• ISSN: 1658-354X

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.