Anaesthesia for Emergency Caesarean Section in a Patient with Large Anterior Mediastinal Tumour Presenting as Intrathoracic Airway Compression and Superior Vena Cava Obstruction

Anterior mediastinal mass is an uncommon pathology that presents significant anaesthetic challenges because of cardiopulmonary compromise. We present a case that presented in the third trimester of pregnancy with severe breathlessness, orthopnoea, and symptoms of superior vena cava obstruction. The...

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Autores principales: Chiang, James C. S., Irwin, Michael G., Hussain, A., Tang, Y. K., Hiong, Y. T.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2957859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20981348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/708481
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author Chiang, James C. S.
Irwin, Michael G.
Hussain, A.
Tang, Y. K.
Hiong, Y. T.
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Irwin, Michael G.
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description Anterior mediastinal mass is an uncommon pathology that presents significant anaesthetic challenges because of cardiopulmonary compromise. We present a case that presented in the third trimester of pregnancy with severe breathlessness, orthopnoea, and symptoms of superior vena cava obstruction. The patient had emergency Caesarean section under epidural anaesthesia with a good outcome. The paper discusses the relevant perioperative considerations for this complex scenario and reviews reports of similar conditions.
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spelling pubmed-29578592010-10-27 Anaesthesia for Emergency Caesarean Section in a Patient with Large Anterior Mediastinal Tumour Presenting as Intrathoracic Airway Compression and Superior Vena Cava Obstruction Chiang, James C. S. Irwin, Michael G. Hussain, A. Tang, Y. K. Hiong, Y. T. Case Rep Med Case Report Anterior mediastinal mass is an uncommon pathology that presents significant anaesthetic challenges because of cardiopulmonary compromise. We present a case that presented in the third trimester of pregnancy with severe breathlessness, orthopnoea, and symptoms of superior vena cava obstruction. The patient had emergency Caesarean section under epidural anaesthesia with a good outcome. The paper discusses the relevant perioperative considerations for this complex scenario and reviews reports of similar conditions. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2010 2010-10-13 /pmc/articles/PMC2957859/ /pubmed/20981348 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/708481 Text en Copyright © 2010 James C. S. Chiang et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Chiang, James C. S.
Irwin, Michael G.
Hussain, A.
Tang, Y. K.
Hiong, Y. T.
Anaesthesia for Emergency Caesarean Section in a Patient with Large Anterior Mediastinal Tumour Presenting as Intrathoracic Airway Compression and Superior Vena Cava Obstruction
title Anaesthesia for Emergency Caesarean Section in a Patient with Large Anterior Mediastinal Tumour Presenting as Intrathoracic Airway Compression and Superior Vena Cava Obstruction
title_full Anaesthesia for Emergency Caesarean Section in a Patient with Large Anterior Mediastinal Tumour Presenting as Intrathoracic Airway Compression and Superior Vena Cava Obstruction
title_fullStr Anaesthesia for Emergency Caesarean Section in a Patient with Large Anterior Mediastinal Tumour Presenting as Intrathoracic Airway Compression and Superior Vena Cava Obstruction
title_full_unstemmed Anaesthesia for Emergency Caesarean Section in a Patient with Large Anterior Mediastinal Tumour Presenting as Intrathoracic Airway Compression and Superior Vena Cava Obstruction
title_short Anaesthesia for Emergency Caesarean Section in a Patient with Large Anterior Mediastinal Tumour Presenting as Intrathoracic Airway Compression and Superior Vena Cava Obstruction
title_sort anaesthesia for emergency caesarean section in a patient with large anterior mediastinal tumour presenting as intrathoracic airway compression and superior vena cava obstruction
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2957859/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20981348
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/708481
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