Successful pregnancy, epidural anaesthesia, labour, and delivery in a woman with Sturge-Weber syndrome and previous hemispherectomy.

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

The outcomes of pregnancy and subsequent delivery of healthy neonates in women who have undergone previous near total hemispherectomy for Sturge-Weber syndrome (SWS) have rarely been reported.

CASE:

A woman with SWS had two successful and uncomplicated pregnancies and deliveries under epidural anaesthesia after undergoing a near total hemispherectomy with subsequent unilateral cerebral palsy. Non-contrast MRI of the brain revealed post hemispherectomy changes with no residual meningeal angiomatosis.

CONCLUSION:

As more women who undergo surgical resection for underlying SWS grow into the child-bearing years, additional reports of pregnancy and delivery outcomes in this patient population can be expected and will be valuable.

• Authors: Aly Shah Aziz, Dini Hui, Vinod Chinnappa, Richard I Aviv, Richard H Swartz
• Journal: Journal of obstetrics and gynaecology Canada : JOGC = Journal d'obstetrique et gynecologie du Canada : JOGC (J Obstet Gynaecol Can) Vol. 35 Issue 10 Pg. 917-919 (Oct 2013) ISSN: 1701-2163 [Print] Netherlands
• PMID: 24165060 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Anesthesia, Epidural
• Brain (pathology)
• Cerebral Palsy (complications)
• Delivery, Obstetric
• Female
• Hemispherectomy
• Humans
• Labor, Obstetric
• Magnetic Resonance Imaging
• Pregnancy
• Sturge-Weber Syndrome (complications)