Intracranial arachnoid cyst: anaesthetic management in pregnancy.
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.
Rupasinghe
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Department of Anaesthesia, Colchester General Hospital, Colchester, Essex, UK.
McLoughlin
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Singaraju
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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