Korean J Anesthesiol.  2012 Sep;63(3):263-265. 10.4097/kjae.2012.63.3.263.

Cesarean section in spinal anesthesia on a patient with mesencephalic tumor and ventriculoperitoneal drainage: A case report

• Hirs I
• Grbcic P

• KMID: 2236278
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4097/kjae.2012.63.3.263

Abstract

A seventeen-year-old pregnant woman with a mesencephalic tumor and ventriculoperitoneal (VP) drainage was admitted to the hospital at full term pregnancy to give birth. Elective cesarean section was performed because of her prime disease (mesencephalic tumor), breech position of the baby, gestational diabetes and expected weight of the baby of more than 4 kg. The operation was performed under spinal anesthesia. Spinal block was performed smoothly, using a pencil point spinal needle 27 G, at the L3-L4 intervertebral space, with hyperbaric bupivacaine 8 mg plus fentanyl 15 microg. Sensory block Th 5 was reached within 5 minutes. The patient was hemodynamically stabile during the anesthesia and the procedure was uneventful. The woman developed no neurologic symptoms, and a healthy female child was born. This is the first case of a pregnant woman with a cerebral tumor and VP drainage on whom a successful delivery was performed with C-section under spinal anesthesia.

Keyword

Anesthesia spinal; Brain stem neoplasms; Cesarean section; Ventriculoperitonel shunt

MeSH Terms

Anesthesia
Anesthesia, Spinal
Brain Stem Neoplasms
Bupivacaine
Cesarean Section
Child
Diabetes, Gestational
Drainage
Female
Fentanyl
Humans
Needles
Neurologic Manifestations
Parturition
Pregnancy
Pregnant Women
Bupivacaine
Fentanyl