title: Thoracic epidural anesthesia for modified radical mastectomy in a patient with cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis: a case report.
abstract: A case of advanced cryptogenic fibrosing alveolitis (CFA) with multiple bullae and extensive pulmonary fibrosis, scheduled for modified radical mastectomy for carcinoma of breast, is presented. This patient had ischemic heart disease, corticosteroid-induced hypertension, diabetes mellitus, and a difficult airway. Thoracic epidural segmental anesthesia was successfully given to this patient. Preoperative problems, perioperative management, and alternative anesthetic techniques are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Institute Rotary Cancer Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Trikha
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sadhasivam
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saxena
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Arora
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Deo
mesh_terms: D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D015411:Mastectomy, Modified Radical; D008875:Middle Aged; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000150:complications; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D012119:Respiration; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae