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Gestational trophoblastic disease with hyperthyroidism: Anesthetic management
Author(s) -
Puneet Khanna,
Anil Kumar,
Maya Dehran
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of obstetric anaesthesia and critical care/journal of obstetric anaesthesia and critial care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-9539
pISSN - 2249-4472
DOI - 10.4103/2249-4472.99315
Subject(s) - medicine , gestational trophoblastic disease , perioperative , disease , anesthetic , pregnancy , obstetrics , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , surgery , gestation , genetics , biology
The coexistence of hyperthyroidism with gestational trophoblastic disease is a known albeit rare clinical condition. We herein report the successful anesthetic management of such a case in our institute. There are only few case reports in literature of this association. Often, the diagnosis of hyperthyroid state is retrospective one, as it can be missed in the emergency scenario of patient requiring molar evacuation. This case report highlights the perioperative management and optimization of hyperthyroid state prior to surgical evacuation of the invasive hydatidiform mole

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