title: Intracranial pressure monitoring and caesarean section in a patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease and symptomatic cerebellar haemangioblastomas.
abstract: Von Hippel-Lindau disease is a rare genetic disorder which gives rise to a range of tumours including central nervous system haemangioblastomas. We report a case of caesarean section in a patient with symptomatic cerebellar haemangioblastomas associated with von Hippel-Lindau disease. An intracranial pressure monitor was inserted before surgery, which enabled intracranial pressure to be monitored throughout. The anaesthetic implications of von Hippel-Lindau disease are discussed and clinical options explored.
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Anaesthesia, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK. Electronic address: david.hallsworth@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hallsworth
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Anaesthesia, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Thompson
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Anaesthesia, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wilkinson
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: R S C
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Kerr
authors.affiliation: Nuffield Department of Anaesthesia, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002585:Cesarean Section; D005260:Female; D018325:Hemangioblastoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007427:Intracranial Pressure / Q000502:physiology*; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D011247:Pregnancy; D011252:Pregnancy Complications, Neoplastic; D006623:von Hippel-Lindau Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: Caesarean section; Haemangioblastoma; Intracranial pressure; Von Hippel-Lindau