Epidural anesthesia for cesarean section in a parturient with pseudotumor cerebri and lumboperitoneal shunt.
We present a case of successful epidural analgesia/anesthesia for labor and cesarean section in a parturient who developed pseudotumor cerebri during her pregnancy and was managed with lumboperitoneal shunt secondary to her visual complication.
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Department of Anesthesiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. kkim@luc.edu
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D000328:Adult; D000767:Anesthesia, Epidural; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000601:surgery*; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000601:surgery*