Acute left heart failure with pulmonary edema during resection of pediatric neuroblastoma: case report.

Braz J Anesthesiol

Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Department of Anesthesiology, ShenYang, China. Electronic address:

Published: April 2022

Resection of an unknown neck mass in a 6-year-old child triggered acute left-sided heart failure and pulmonary edema. The lesion was confirmed as neuroblastoma by postoperative tissue examination. Such tumors regularly synthesize and secrete catecholamines, warranting caution in advance of surgical manipulation.

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