A young woman in her 35th week of pregnancy gave birth via a cesarean during an emergency neurosurgery for a bleeding pituitary adenoma, a small benign tumor in the skull that was causing her vision loss.
It happened at the Molinette hospital in Turin thanks to the use of a minimally invasive endoscopic technique through the nose.
Now mother and daughter are safe.
The patient had been hospitalized for a few days at the Sant'Anna gynecological hospital for a sudden loss of vision. The radiological investigations had brought to light the presence of a small benign tumor in the skull, which bleeding compressed the optic nerves. The decision to proceed with the two interventions at the same time is by Francesco Zenga, neurosurgeon in charge of the newly established Skull Base and Pituitary Surgery Unit of the Department of Neuroscience, and by Professor Silvia Grottoli, specialist in Endocrinology. The patient underwent a caesarean first, and after the birth of her daughter the surgery continued with the removal of the bleeding tumor. This surgery took place with a minimally invasive endoscopic technique through the nose. To make this result possible, five Departments and two hospitals of the City of Health of Turin acted in synergy. Despite the difficult period of the Covid pandemic, they managed to save the life and sight of a young mother and the life of her daughter. The patient is now well and will soon be able to return to the Sant'Anna to little Beatrice, born of two kilos and 185 grams and entrusted to the care of the neonatologist Mauro Vivalda of the Neonatal Intensive Care, who assessed her excellent health conditions, despite the birth. premature. (HANDLE).
