A case of phaeochromocytoma in pregnancy is reported. In this case, the tumour, without any symptoms during pregnancy, remained undiagnosed. A severe iachycardia occurred during cesarean section; successively, the woman developed pulmonary oedema. The woman died of cardio-respiratory failure, four days after the onset of the arrhythmia. The diagnosis of phaeochromocytoma was made only at autopsy.
Fatal Phaechromocytoma in Pregnancy.Case Report.
PATELLA, Alfredo
1996
Abstract
A case of phaeochromocytoma in pregnancy is reported. In this case, the tumour, without any symptoms during pregnancy, remained undiagnosed. A severe iachycardia occurred during cesarean section; successively, the woman developed pulmonary oedema. The woman died of cardio-respiratory failure, four days after the onset of the arrhythmia. The diagnosis of phaeochromocytoma was made only at autopsy.File in questo prodotto:
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