Postoperative manifestations in two cases of undiagnosed meningioma

Undiagnosed cerebral and spinal meningiomas can give rise to grave post anaesthetic and postoperative complications. Here we present two such cases in which paraparesis after a spinal anaesthetic occurred in one case and medullary coning resulting in respiratory failure and death in the second case.

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Main Author: Dr. Sunila Sharma/ Dr. R.Nathani/
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2006-10-01
Series:The Indian Anaesthetists' Forum
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Online Access:http://www.theiaforum.org/Article_Folder/postoperative-manifestations-undiagnosed-meningioma.pdf
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spelling doaj-77cba779e5164e86ba8d5c07510ad40f2020-11-24T22:43:29ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsThe Indian Anaesthetists' Forum0973-03112006-10-017101 41Postoperative manifestations in two cases of undiagnosed meningiomaDr. Sunila Sharma/ Dr. R.Nathani/Undiagnosed cerebral and spinal meningiomas can give rise to grave post anaesthetic and postoperative complications. Here we present two such cases in which paraparesis after a spinal anaesthetic occurred in one case and medullary coning resulting in respiratory failure and death in the second case.http://www.theiaforum.org/Article_Folder/postoperative-manifestations-undiagnosed-meningioma.pdf
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Postoperative manifestations in two cases of undiagnosed meningioma
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author_facet Dr. Sunila Sharma/ Dr. R.Nathani/
author_sort Dr. Sunila Sharma/ Dr. R.Nathani/
title Postoperative manifestations in two cases of undiagnosed meningioma
title_short Postoperative manifestations in two cases of undiagnosed meningioma
title_full Postoperative manifestations in two cases of undiagnosed meningioma
title_fullStr Postoperative manifestations in two cases of undiagnosed meningioma
title_full_unstemmed Postoperative manifestations in two cases of undiagnosed meningioma
title_sort postoperative manifestations in two cases of undiagnosed meningioma
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series The Indian Anaesthetists' Forum
issn 0973-0311
publishDate 2006-10-01
description Undiagnosed cerebral and spinal meningiomas can give rise to grave post anaesthetic and postoperative complications. Here we present two such cases in which paraparesis after a spinal anaesthetic occurred in one case and medullary coning resulting in respiratory failure and death in the second case.
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