Anaesthesia for Spinal Tumor in the Pregnant Patient: A Case Report

The presence of disease during pregnancy leads to alteration in the normal function of other system. It is important to treat the disease depending upon the severity and type of urgency. The management of several diseases in pregnancy has been reported earlier but it is necessary to report a rare pathology, treatment option and its anaesthetic management [1]. Spinal tumors although being rare in pregnancy can cause serious problems in terms of continuing pregnancy. Increased tumor growth or edema, increased vascularity, or pregnancy-related immunotolerance under hormonal influence constitute or exacerbate the symptoms. Especially, progressive neurologic deficits necessitate urgent spinal surgery in the pregnant patients [2]. The aim of this case report is to present the anaesthetic approach in the surgery of a pregnant woman with a thoracic intradural extramedullary meningoma.