title: A common anesthesiology procedure for a patient with an uncommon combination of diseases: a case report.
abstract: Administering neuraxial anesthesia to a patient with an underlying neurological disease and a combination of four other pathological disorders can be challenging. We report in this paper the case of a 45-year-old woman with neurological deficit due to ischemic brain infarct, multiple sclerosis, antiphospholipid syndrome, and β-heterozygous thalassemia that was subjected to abdominal hysterectomy and bilateral salpingoophorectomy under epidural anesthesia for ovarian cancer.
authors.affiliation: 1st Department of Anesthesiology, Aretaieion University Hospital, 76 Vas. Sofias Avenue, 11528 Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Aliki
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tympa
authors.forename: Dimitrios
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hassiakos
authors.forename: Nikolaos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Salakos
authors.forename: Aikaterini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Melemeni