Epidural anaesthesia for Caesarean section in a patient with von Hippel-Lindau disease

Demiraran Y., Ozgon M., Utku T., Bozkurt P.

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY, cilt.18, sa.5, ss.330-332, 2001 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 5
  • Basım Tarihi: 2001
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1046/j.0265-0215.2000.00824.x
  • Dergi Adı: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ANAESTHESIOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.330-332
  • İstanbul Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Von Hippel-Lindau disease is a rare autosomal dominant disease with incomplete penetrance and variable expression and is characterized by diffuse haemangioblastomas of the central nervous system and viscera. The majority of the central nervous system lesions are located in the cerebellum. This report describes the successful management with epidural anaesthesia of a woman with a term gestation, von Hippel-Lindau disease and cerebellar haemangioblastoma.