title: Epidural anesthesia for cesarean section in a parturient with pseudotumor cerebri and lumboperitoneal shunt.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, IL 60153, USA. kkim@luc.edu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Orbegozo
mesh_terms: 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*