title: Intracranial arachnoid cyst: anaesthetic management in pregnancy.
abstract: Arachnoid cysts may be intracranial or extracranial in the neuraxis and may present with headache and neurological signs or acutely with rupture and its complications. We report a case of spinal anaesthesia for elective caesarean section in a woman with an intracranial arachnoid cyst of the posterior fossa. We are unaware of any other such case reports published in the English language.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Colchester General Hospital, Colchester, Essex, UK.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Rupasinghe
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McLoughlin
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Singaraju
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000773:Anesthesia, Obstetrical; D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011247:Pregnancy; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology