Phaeochromocytoma presenting as MH

Phaeochromocytoma presenting acutely as severe cardiac failure.

Phaeochromocytoma presenting as acute malignant hyperthermia--a diagnostic challenge.

We report a case of acute hypermetabolism following the induction of general anaesthesia in an 11-yr-old boy. This episode was diagnosed and managed as an acute malignant hyperthermia crisis. However, severe hypertension during the episode led to the discovery of an unsuspected phaeochromocytoma. A hypermetabolic state during anaesthesia has several aetiologies, but correct diagnosis during the...

Phaeochromocytoma and catecholamine induced cardiomyopathy presenting as heart failure.

Phaeochromocytoma is rare and usually presents as paroxysmal or sustained hypertension; none the less, it can also cause severe acute pulmonary oedema in normotensive individuals. Six patients with phaeochromocytoma presenting in Cornwall and West Devon between 1982 and 1986 are described. Five of them died of pulmonary oedema within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms. At necropsy all five had n...

Phaeochromocytoma Crisis: Two Cases of Undiagnosed Phaeochromocytoma Presenting after Elective Nonrelated Surgical Procedures

Phaeochromocytoma is a catecholamine producing tumour and an uncommon cause of hypertension. We present two cases of relatively asymptomatic individuals, in which previously undiagnosed phaeochromocytoma was unmasked by elective nonadrenal surgical procedures, manifesting as postoperative hypertensive crisis and subsequent cardiogenic shock. The initial management in intensive care is discussed...

Phaeochromocytoma presenting as pyrexia of undetermined origin: diagnosis using gallium-67.

The graduated response of this patient to haloperidol indicates that it was the drug's pharmacological action, rather than any placebo effect, that relieved the persistent sneezing. There may also be merit in the hypothesis on which the treatment was based, with the inference that, as haloperidol is a potent dopamine-receptor blocker,3 repetitive sneezing may depend on a disturbance in the cere...