Unusual Cause of Intraoperative Hypotension Diagnosed with Transoesophageal Echocardiography in a Patient with Renal Cell Carcinoma

Abstract

Transoesophageal echocardiography (TOE) is not commonly used in the management of non-cardiac cases. We report a case where the use of TOE played a major role in the intraoperative diagnosis and subsequent management of a patient exhibiting severe hypotension whilst undergoing a nephrectomy. The rare diagnosis of a secondary intraventricular tumour would not have been evident with more conventional monitoring techniques.