title: Anterior mediastinal mass in a pregnant patient: anesthetic management and considerations.
abstract: Patients with anterior mediastinal masses are recognized to be at risk for cardiorespiratory compromise when general anesthesia is induced. Likewise, pregnancy has a widely known constellation of potential complications that confront the anesthesiologist. The combination of both problems in a single patient presents an unusual anesthetic challenge. The following is a case report of a pregnant patient with a large, symptomatic anterior mediastinal mass who required general anesthesia for a diagnostic procedure before definitive therapy could be initiated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY.
authors.forename: L R
authors.initials: LR
authors.lastname: Ferrari
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Bedford
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D005260:Female; D006689:Hodgkin Disease / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011262:Pregnancy Trimester, Second