UNEXPECTED BRAIN-STEM COMPRESSION FOLLOWING ROUTINE SURGERY IN A CHILD WITH OTOPALATODIGITAL SYNDROME

Authors
CLARK JR SMITH LJ KENDALL BE TASKER RC WILKINSON KA
Citation
Jr. Clark et al., UNEXPECTED BRAIN-STEM COMPRESSION FOLLOWING ROUTINE SURGERY IN A CHILD WITH OTOPALATODIGITAL SYNDROME, Anaesthesia, 50(7), 1995, pp. 641-643
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00032409
Volume
50
Issue
7
Year of publication
1995
Pages
641 - 643
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-2409(1995)50:7<641:UBCFRS>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Oto-palato-digital syndrome type 1 is a rare condition with several fe atures of concern to the anaesthetist. We report a patient who develop ed respiratory depression 5 h after general anaesthesia. This was subs equently found to be due to brainstem compression secondary to congeni tal deformities of the skull base and cervical vertebrae.