• Int J Obstet Anesth · Jan 2007

    Review Case Reports

    Anaesthesia for caesarean section in a woman with lung cancer: case report and review.

    • C L Burlacu, C Fitzpatrick, and M Carey.
    • Department of Anaesthesia, Coombe Women's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. crina@ireland.com
    • Int J Obstet Anesth. 2007 Jan 1;16(1):50-62.

    AbstractA 33-year-old woman pregnant with twins was diagnosed with metastatic lung cancer during pregnancy. Her multidisciplinary care raised many medical and ethical issues. To help decide on the best anaesthetic technique for caesarean section, a literature search of published case reports of pregnancy associated with lung cancer was performed. Thirty-five cases of primary lung cancer associated with pregnancy were found. Anaesthetic technique was reported in only five of the 20 patients who underwent caesarean section: one spinal, three epidurals and one general anaesthetic. Of the 11 patients who delivered vaginally, only one was reported to have received epidural analgesia. As published data regarding anaesthesia and analgesia are limited for women with lung cancer in pregnancy, we describe our perioperative approach and review the potential challenging aspects of management in a pregnant patient with metastatic lung cancer.

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