Abstract
Idiopathic intracranial hypertension, also known as pseudotumour cerebri, is a disorder of elevated intracranial pressure of unknown etiology. Patients present with daily headache, pulse-synchronous tinnitus transient visual obscurations, papilledema with its associated visual loss, and diplopia from sixth nerve paresis. Many disease associations have been alleged, but few besides obesity, hypervitaminosis A and related compounds, steroids withdrawal and female gender have been proven (1). Here we are going to present a case report of anaesthetic management of cesarean section who was operated for pseudotumour cerebri by lumbar peritoneal shunt by giving general anaesthesia.
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