Anesthesia challenges in a case of Crouzon syndrome for corrective rigid external distraction frame insertion
Crouzon syndrome is an autosomal dominant disease occurs in approximately 1 in 25,000 births, due to a mutation in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 gene on chromosome 10 characterized by craniosynostosis, mid-face hypoplasia, hypertelorism, high-arched palate, skull base abnormalities, and ex...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2019-01-01
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| Series: | The Indian Anaesthetists' Forum |
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| Online Access: | http://www.theiaforum.org/article.asp?issn=2589-7934;year=2019;volume=20;issue=1;spage=42;epage=45;aulast=Ganeriwal |
| Summary: | Crouzon syndrome is an autosomal dominant disease occurs in approximately 1 in 25,000 births, due to a mutation in the fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 gene on chromosome 10 characterized by craniosynostosis, mid-face hypoplasia, hypertelorism, high-arched palate, skull base abnormalities, and exophthalmos. Patients present in early childhood for cranial reconstructive surgery. We describe here the successful management of a 5-year-old child with Crouzon syndrome with hypertrophic adenoids and Arnold-Chiari malformation type 1 posted for bifrontal craniotomy with fronto-facial advancement and application of a rigid external distraction frame. |
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| ISSN: | 0973-0311 |