Caesarean section in a patient with haemoglobin SC disease and a phaeochromocytoma.
The anaesthetic management of a patient with haemoglobin SC disease for lower segment Caesarean section and excision of a phaeochromocytoma is described. The patient was given a general anaesthetic for the surgical procedure after exchange transfusion had achieved an haemoglobin A concentration of greater than 50%. A live infant was delivered and a suprarenal phaeochromocytoma was excised during a 6.5 hour procedure. The patient's postoperative recovery was uneventful.
Pattison
J
J
Department of Anaesthesia, St Mary's Hospital, London.
Harrop-Griffiths
A W
AW
Whitlock
J E
JE
Roberts
J C
JC
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006450:Hemoglobin SC Disease / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007431:Intraoperative Complications; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000601:surgery*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011250:Pregnancy Complications, Hematologic; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000601:surgery*