Anesthetic management of a parturient with congenital cavernous transformation of the portal vein and chronic thrombocytopenia.
Cavernous transformation of the portal vein is a rare disorder resulting from extrahepatic portal vein thrombosis and development of collateral venous circulation. We report a case of a pregnant patient with congenital cavernous transformation of the portal vein associated with persistent consumptive coagulopathy and chronic thrombocytopenia. Single dose spinal anesthesia was safely conducted for an uneventful cesarean delivery.
Department of Anesthesiology, University of California San Diego, CA, USA. kkuczkowski@ucsd.edu
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