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Acta Clinica Belgica
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Case Report

Pheochromocytoma – when acute medicine comes to the surgeon's rescue and vice versa. Case report of a patient presenting unmanageable haemodynamic instability during elective surgery for pheochromocytoma

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Pages 182-186 | Received 07 Feb 2015, Accepted 26 Aug 2015, Published online: 20 Jun 2016

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