Editorial: PERIOPERATIVE HEMODYNAMIC CRISIS IN UNDIAGNOSED PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA PATIENT - Undergoing Incidental Surgery -

The classic symptomatic triad of pheochromocytoma consists of headache, palpitation and excessive sweating. However, pheochromocytoma may go unrecognized, when induction of anesthesia and surgery may precipitate catastrophic hemodynamic crisis and even multiple organ failure in pheochromocytoma patients undergoing incidental surgery. In this situation, mortality is close to 80%.