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Case Report: Veno-Arteriovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for Management of Pheochromocytoma-Induced Cardiac Arrest in a Post-Partum Patient.
A A PractOct 14, 2026
A 34-year-old woman, two days postpartum, was admitted to intensive care with hypertensive crisis and respiratory failure. CT showed an 18-cm left adrenal mass suspicious for pheochromocytoma.
Clinical pearl
In a postpartum patient with hypertensive crisis and respiratory failure, an adrenal mass may raise suspicion for pheochromocytoma; severe cardiac instability in this case was managed with V-AV ECMO before tumor…