Abstract

COLMENARES SANCHO, Francisco; PANEQUE POCIO, Maria Elena; FUENTES DIAZ, Zaily  and  RODRIGUEZ SALAZAR, Orlando. Intracranial osteosarcoma related to pregnancy: a case report. AMC [online]. 2011, vol.15, n.2, pp. 335-342. ISSN 1025-0255.

Background: in pregnancy, neoplasia may present an accelerated growth as the mean age of pregnant women is greater and the frequency of intracranial tumors is higher. Objective: to describe the anesthetic handling and complications due to axial proptosis of endocranial osteosarcoma. Clinical case: it is described the anesthetic handling of a patient who was diagnosed an intracranial osteosarcoma with orbital exteriorization, which was announced for elective surgical treatment, at the Teaching Hospital Manuel Ascunce Domenech. Conclusions: osteosarcoma is one of the mesenchymal malignant neoplasia distinguished by the production of immature bone or osteoid with an incidence between 6 and 13 % of cases, it is the first malignant neoplasia originates in this structure, which motivated the execution of this work.

Keywords : OSTEOSARCOMA [surgery]; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE; ANESTHETICS [trerapeutic use]; CASE REPORTS.

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