A painful pulsatile abdominal mass in a young man with elevated blood pressures: An unusual presentation of phaeochromocytoma

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 490-494

  Lee, B M K ^a   Ti, L K ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Phaeochromocytoma: Abdominal mass; Pulsatile

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; CEFUROXIME; INOTROPIC AGENT; METOCLOPRAMIDE; NIFEDIPINE; OXYGEN; PETHIDINE; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL MASS; ADULT; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; ABDOMINAL PAIN; CHEMODECTOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; SYMPATHETIC GANGLION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; GANGLIA, SYMPATHETIC; HUMANS; MALE; PARAGANGLIOMA, EXTRA-ADRENAL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA;

EID: 0036022991     PISSN: 0310057X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0310057x0203000418     Document Type: Article

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