TY - JOUR AU - Sethi, Surendra Kumar AU - Jain, Kavita AU - Jain, Neena AU - Yadav, Sohan Lal PY - 2018/08/06 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Anesthetic management for a cesarean section in a parturient with huge vulvar and lower limbs elephantiasis: A case report JF - Journal of Society of Anesthesiologists of Nepal JA - J Soc Anesth Nep VL - 4 IS - 2 SE - DO - UR - http://www.jsan.org.np/jsan/index.php/jsan/article/view/192 SP - 110-112 AB - <p>Elephantiasis is caused by accumulation of lymph in soft tissues due to long standing lymphatic obstruction.Elephantiasis of female external genitalia is very rare and its association with limb elephantiasis is also quite very rare.Elephantiasis in pregnancy poses difficulty for an anesthesiologist while providing neuraxial anesthesia to such a patient.So we report the anesthetic management of a primigravida patient with both vulvar and lower limbs elephantiasis posted for emergency cesarean section.</p><p>&nbsp;</p> ER -