Abstract
We report the perioperative course of a 75-year-old woman undergoing robotic-assisted laparoscopic hysterectomy and tumor debulking. The patient developed severe, persistent hypertension after intraoperative methylene blue administration requiring a Surgical Intensive Care Unit admission with further investigative evaluation revealing a previously undiagnosed pheochromocytoma. Our discussion focuses on the differential diagnoses for her perioperative hypertension. We evaluate whether methylene blue triggered a pheochromocytoma crisis in our patient and emphasize the caution and critical thinking we all should demonstrate while providing anesthetic care.
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