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Anaesthetic Management of Pheochromocytoma in a Child


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1 Department of Anaesthesiology, MGM Medical College and M Y Hospital, Indore, India
 

Pheochromocytomas are an unusual tumour in paediatric age group. A 6 year old hypertensive boy with left sided pheochromocytoma was scheduled for excision of tumour. He had presented with complaints of pain in abdomen, excessive sweating, headache and raised blood pressure. Diagnosis was confirmed by CT scan (abdomen) and raised 24 hour urinary catecholamine levels. Preoperative blood pressure was controlled with prazosin (α-adrenergic blocker) and propranolol (β-adrenergic blocker). The anaesthetic technique used was general anaesthesia with caudal catheter. Child was later discharged on oral antihypertensive.

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Pheochromocytoma, Paediatric Hypertension.
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Authors

Shalini Jain
Department of Anaesthesiology, MGM Medical College and M Y Hospital, Indore, India
Amisha Vats
Department of Anaesthesiology, MGM Medical College and M Y Hospital, Indore, India
K. K. Arora
Department of Anaesthesiology, MGM Medical College and M Y Hospital, Indore, India

Abstract


Pheochromocytomas are an unusual tumour in paediatric age group. A 6 year old hypertensive boy with left sided pheochromocytoma was scheduled for excision of tumour. He had presented with complaints of pain in abdomen, excessive sweating, headache and raised blood pressure. Diagnosis was confirmed by CT scan (abdomen) and raised 24 hour urinary catecholamine levels. Preoperative blood pressure was controlled with prazosin (α-adrenergic blocker) and propranolol (β-adrenergic blocker). The anaesthetic technique used was general anaesthesia with caudal catheter. Child was later discharged on oral antihypertensive.

Keywords


Pheochromocytoma, Paediatric Hypertension.

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