Neuroanaesthetic challenges in a pregnant patient with a huge cerebellopontine angle meningioma.

Autor: Yeap, Tat Boon, Hamzah, Nurul Ashikin, Ismail, Muhammad Ihfaz, Mukmin, Laila Ab
Zdroj: BMJ Case Reports; May2023, Vol. 16 Issue 5, p1-5, 5p
Abstrakt: Intracranial malignancy among pregnant women is extremely rare. Neuroanaesthesia for such high-risk patients demands extreme precautions. Our patient presented with a huge right cerebellopontine angle meningioma during the first trimester of her pregnancy. We share our valuable perianaesthetic challenges in managing her tumour-debulking surgery and a brief review of intracranial neoplasm during pregnancy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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