Intracranial malignancy among pregnant women is extremely rare. Neuroanaesthesia for such high-risk patients demands extreme precautions. Our patient presented with a huge right cerebellopontine angle meningioma during the first trimester of her pregnancy. We share our valuable perianaesthetic challenges in managing her tumour-debulking surgery and a brief review of intracranial neoplasm during pregnancy.
Keywords: Anaesthesia; Brain stem / cerebellum; Coma and raised intracranial pressure; Cranial nerves; Neuroanaesthesia.
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