Open AccessAnaesthetic management for emergency caesarean section in a patient with an untreated recently diagnosed phaeochromocytoma
Author(s) -
Anil Agarwal,
Puneet Khanna,
Suryakumar Narayanawamy,
G. Lakshmi Prasad,
Anuradha Borle
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of anaesthesia/indian journal of anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.645
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 0976-2817
pISSN - 0019-5049
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5049.90622
Subject(s) - medicine , caesarean section , pregnancy , obstetrics and gynaecology , obstetrics , pheochromocytoma , perioperative , anesthesia , genetics , biology
Phaeochromocytoma is a rare cause of hypertension during pregnancy with potentially fatal consequences. If not detected and treated early in pregnancy, it is catastrophic for both the mother and the baby. Management requires close co-ordination between the obstetrician, anaesthesiologist, paediatrician and the endocrinologist. Perioperative management for an emergency caesarean section in a parturient with untreated phaeochromocytoma is an anaesthetic challenge and no standard recommendations have been reported till date. In this case report, we present anaesthetic management in such a case with successful maternal and foetal outcome.