Vaginal Delivery under Epidural Analgesia in a Patient with Takayasu Arteritis : A case report

Im, Kyung Sil; Jung, Hyun Ju; Kim, Jong Bun; Lee, Jae Myeong; No, Hee Chern; Kim, Duk Ja

Case Report

Obstetric Anesthesia

Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2008;3(3):214-217.
Published online July 30, 2008.

Vaginal Delivery under Epidural Analgesia in a Patient with Takayasu Arteritis : A case report

Kyung Sil Im, Hyun Ju Jung, Jong Bun Kim, Jae Myeong Lee, Hee Chern No, Duk Ja Kim

Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine, Uijeongbu, Korea. anedoc@catholic.ac.kr

Abstract

Takayasu arteritis is a nonspecific chronic inflammatory disease of the aorta and its major branches, which has a higher incidence during the child-bearing years. There have been several reports of Takayasu arteritis during pregnancy with Cesarean delivery under general or epidural anesthesia. However, there have been few reports of successful vaginal delivery under epidural analgesia. We report a case of successful vaginal delivery under epidural analgesia in a 31-year-old primigravida with a history of Takayasu arteritis.

Key Words: epidural analgesia, Takayasu arteritis, vaginal delivery