Advances in Bioengineering and Biomedical Science Research(ABBSR)

Departmant of Surgery, Medical University Sofia, Alexandrovska University Hospital, Sofia, Bulgaria

Publications

• Case Report   
  Anaesthetic Management for Laparascopic Adrenalectomy for Pheochromocytoma as Part of Vonn Hippel-Lindau Syndrome in Child
  Author(s): G Ivanova*, MP Atanasova, G Todorov, K Grozdev, MN Khaya, A Elenkova, R Ivanova and S Zacharieva
  
  Pheochromocytoma is a tumor that originates from either chromaffincells in adrenal medulla or in other paraganglia tissues (paragangliomas) of the sympathetic nervous system. It might be familial and associated with hereditary tumors such as Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome and multiple endocrine neoplasia type II. The symptoms are variable related to the level of secreted catecholamine. The most common are hypertension, tachycardia, headache and abdominal pain. The most effective treatment is surgical resection as in recent years, laparoscopic surgery has been more preferred. The perioperative management is quite challenging especially in view of hemodynamic fluctuations. Although there is a considerable amount of information on the management of the adult with phaeochromocytoma, much less has been written concerning children with the disease. We present a case of 9-year-old hypertensive b.. Read More»
  

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