ABSTRACT
The typical symptoms of pheochromocytoma are palpitations, sweating, headaches and hypertension. We report a 70-year-old female admitted to the hospital due to a sudden onset of precordial pain with electrocardiographic changes. After admission the patient evolved with recurrent chest pain accompanied by hypertensive paroxysms and a pheochromocytoma was suspected. Measurement of catecholamines and metanephrines confirmed the diagnosis and an abdominal magnetic resonance localized the tumor. The patient underwent surgery with successful removal of the pheochromocytoma and was discharged in good conditions.
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Aged , Female , Humans , Acute Coronary Syndrome/etiology , Adrenal Gland Neoplasms/complications , Pheochromocytoma/complications , Adrenal Gland Neoplasms/diagnosis , Pheochromocytoma/diagnosisABSTRACT
O feocromocitoma é um tumor raro, sendo sua incidência estimada em um a dois casos por 100.000 adultos. Ocorrem em aproximadamente 0,1% da população hipertensa, sendo importante causa de hipertensão arterial grave corrigível. O tratamento cirúrgico, com retirada total de todos os focos de tecido tumoral, constitui-se no único tratamento definitivo do feocromocitoma e pode ser realizado por via aberta ou videolaparoscópica. O preparo pré-operatório é realizado com o objetivo de tratar a hipertensão arterial, evitar a ocorrência de paroxismos e de corrigir uma eventual hipovolemia. Se isso não for feito, os pacientes correm o risco de desenvolver hipotensão importante e mesmo choque hipovolêmico após a retirada do tumor e consequente desaparecimento da vasoconstrição. Durante o procedimento cirúrgico, seja ele aberto ou laparoscópico, a pressão arterial média, a pressão venosa central, o ritmo e a frequência cardíaca devem ser continuamente monitorizados. As reações hipertensivas que acontecem, inevitavelmente, durante o manuseio cirúrgico do tumor devem ser tratadas com a infusão endovenosa de drogas de ação imediata, como o alfa-bloqueador adrenérgico fentolamina ou o vasodilatador de ação direta, nitroprussiato de sódio. Taquicardia e arritmias devem ser tratadas com a administração endovenosa de beta-bloqueadores. A administração de volume, principalmente após a retirada do tumor, deve ser efetuada quando os níveis de pressão arterial média e de pressão venosa central, associados a parâmetros clínicos e laboratoriais, indicarem a existência de hipovolemia. A maioria dos pacientes com hipotensão no pós-operatório responde bem à administração de volume, sendo raramente necessárias drogas vasoativas. Outra ocorrência possível, mas menos provável, nas primeiras 24 a 48 horas do pós-operatório é a hipoglicemia, sendo recomendado controle de glicemia capilar nas primeiras 48 horas do pós-operatório. O objetivo deste artigo é apresentar dois casos de ressecção de feocromocitoma realizados em nosso serviço e com diferentes evoluções e discutir os cuidados perioperatórios para esse tipo de cirurgia.(AU)
Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor with estimated incidence of 2 cases per 100,000 adults. It affects approximately 0.1% of the hypertensive population, and is an important cause of a correctable form of severe arterial hypertension. Surgery to remove every focus of tumoral tissue is the only definitive treatment and can be performed either by incision or videolaparoscopy. Preoperative care is provided to treat arterial hypertension, avoid paroxysms, and correct eventual hypovolemia. Otherwise, patients may develop considerable hypotension and even hypovolemic shock after tumor removal and eventually loss of vasoconstriction. Irrespective of the type of surgery, mean arterial pressure, central venous pressure, and heart rhythm and rate must be continuously monitored during procedures. The hypertensive reactions that inevitably take place during surgical handling of the tumor must be treated with intravenous infusion of rapid acting drugs, such as the adrenergic alpha-blocker phentolamine or the direct action vasodilator sodium nitroprusside. Tachycardia and arrhythmia must be treated with intravenous infusion of beta-blockers. Administration of volume, especially after tumor removal, must be carried out when the levels of mean arterial pressure and central venous pressure, associated with clinical and laboratorial parameters, point to hypovolemia. Most patients with postoperative hypotension react well to the administration of volume, and vasoactive drugs are rarely needed. It is also possible, although usually unlikely, that patients have hypoglycemia in the first 24-48 hours after surgery; capillary blood glucose testing is thus recommended within the first 48 hours after surgery. This paper aims to report on two cases of pheochromocytoma resection carried out at our health care center, which progressed differently, and to discuss perioperative care issues for this type of surgery.(AU)
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Humans , Male , Female , Adult , Pheochromocytoma/surgery , Preoperative Care/methods , Hypertension/surgery , Intraoperative Care/methods , Pheochromocytoma/complications , Postoperative Care/methods , Adrenergic alpha-Antagonists/therapeutic use , Anesthesia , Antihypertensive Agents/therapeutic useABSTRACT
La neoplasia endocrina múltiple tipo 2B es un padecimiento autosómico dominante, conlleva carcinoma medular de tiroides, feocromocitoma, ganglioneuromas en mucosas e intestino y habitus marfanoide. Se presenta el caso de un paciente de 35 años de edad con diagnóstico de neoplasia endocrina múltiple tipo 2B y feocromocitoma suprarrenal derecho, tratado con adrenalectomía lumboscópica. El diagnóstico del feocromocitoma incluye detección de catecolaminas en suero y orina, estudios de imagen como tomografía axial computarizada, resonancia magnética nuclear y gammagrama con metaiodobencilguanidina. En la actualidad el abordaje laparoscópico se ha convertido en el tratamiento de elección.
Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2B (MEN 2B) is an autosomal dominant syndrome characterized by medullary thyroid carcinoma, pheochromocytoma, a marfanoid habitus and mucosal ganglioneuromatosis. We present a case of a 35-year-old male with MEN 2B with right adrenal pheochromocytoma diagnosed biochemically and radiologically and treated by laparoscopic adrenalectomy. Diagnosis of pheochromocytoma includes detection of catecholamines in urine and plasma and radiological tests such as computed axial tomography, nuclear magnetic resonance imaging and metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy. Laparoscopic techniques have become standard for treatment of tumors of the adrenal glands.