ArticleJA clinical reports2021
Perioperative management of a patient undergoing resection of interleukin-6 producing pheochromocytoma.
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- Pheochromocytoma associated with ectopic ACTH-producing tumor and hyper-interleukin-6emia: a case report with review of literature.Endocrine journal · 2025Review
- Risk factors for postoperative fever after laparoscopic adrenalectomy focusing on hormones produced: a case control study.BMC urology · 2024Article
- IL-6-Producing Pheochromocytoma Associated With Von Hippel Lindau Disease: A Case Report With Literature Review.Cureus · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundPheochromocytomas produce hormones, cytokines, and catecholamines. We report perioperative anesthetic management of a rare interleukin-6 (IL-6)-producing pheochromocytoma. CASE PRESENTATION: A 32-year-old female was scheduled for laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma. She had a sustained high fever with elevated serum noradrenaline and IL-6 levels. The persistent high inflammatory state, followed by anemia, malnutrition, and coagulopathy, led us to prepone her date of surgery. During general anesthesia, alpha-blockers allowed hemodynamic fluctuations to be controlled. During surgery, simultaneous increases in noradrenaline and IL-6 levels were observed, which rapidly declined after tumor removal. Her postoperative course was uneventful, without pulmonary edema caused by cytokine storms.
conclusionsThe conventional pheochromocytoma strategy allowed surgical removal of an IL-6-producing pheochromocytoma under general anesthesia. However, management of high inflammatory states that induce anemia and coagulopathy is necessary.
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