Anesthetic management of laparoscopic adrenalectomy in pheochromocytoma patients /
المعالجة التخديرية لإستئصال الغدة الكظرية بالمنظار فى مرضى الفيوكروموسيتوما
Dina Atteya Mohammed Atteya ; Supervised Hisham Salah Khedr , Nashwa Samy Elzayat , Hisham Hosny Abdelwahab
- Cairo : Dina Atteya Mohamed Atteya , 2012
- 77 Leaves : facsimiles ; 25cm
Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anaesthesia
Pheochromocytoma is a catecholamine secreting tumour that arises from the chromaffin cells of the sympathetic nervous system in the adrenal medulla and the sympathetic chain; however, it may arise anywhere in the body. Patients present with a variety of symptoms which reflect excessive secretion of catecholamines (norepinephrine, epinephrine, or dopamine) into the circulation