[Management for the removal of dopamin-secreting pheochromocytoma].

Incidence of dopamin-secreting pheochromocytoma is very rare. We reported managment of anesthesia for the removal of dopamin-secreting pheochromocytoma. A 46-year-old woman was diagnosed with pheochromocytoma, but lacking clinical symptoms.

[Management of one lung ventilation with bronchial blocker catheter for a patient with tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica].

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica is a rare benign disease, with difficult airway for intubation because the trachea and bronchia are narrow and transformed. We experienced one lung ventilation for a patient with the lung cancer associated with the tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica. The Coopdech bronchial blocker is a device for one lung ventilation.

[Management of maternal tetanus contracted by an obstetric procedure].

A 34-year-old woman from the Philippines showed difficulty in opening the mouth. She had no wounds in the last one mouth, but was treated with an obstetric procedure after stillbirth 16 days before in the Philippines. She showed trismus, rigidity and muscle pain, but no muscle spasms, dyspnea and autonomic dysfunction.

[Tracheal intubation for two patients with lingual tonsil hyperplasia and prospect of difficult airway management].

Lingual tonsil hyperplasia is rare, but may cause difficult or inpossible tracheal intubation. We experienced two cases of tracheal intubation for lingual tonsil hyperplasia. A 71-yr-old man was scheduled for resection and biopsy of symptomatic hypertrophied lingual tonsils.

[A case of cor triatriatum diagnosed by echocardiography on pre-anesthetic examination].

A 69-year-old man was planned for elective surgery of the lumbar vertebral disk herniation. We performed a pre-anesthetic examination. He had a mild cardiomegaly (CTR = 55%) on chest X-ray examination, and ST-T change on electrocardiogram.

[Efficacy of active core rewarming using fluid heating system HOTLINE before and during the operation in a patient with for panperitonitis in state of shock and hypothermia].

A 62-year-old man was transported to the emergency room. He was in the state of shock and hypothermia of 34.2 degrees C.