Abstract:Metastatic pheochromocytoma (PCC) is a rare entity arising from extra-adrenal tissue. We report the perioperative management of a young woman presenting with metastatic PCC to the vertebral body resulting in vertebral collapse and spinal cord compression necessitating emergency surgery. There are no reports of anesthetic management of a patient with unoptimized metastatic PCC presenting for emergency neurosurgery under general anesthesia. Our anesthetic goals were to maintain a deep anesthetic plane with stabl… Show more
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