| An anesthetic experience in a patient with Seckel syndrome: A case report. |
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Jong Bum Choi, Seung Youn Kang, Hae Keum Kil |
1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hkkil@yuhs.ac
2Anesthesia and Pain Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. |
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| Abstract |
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Seckel syndrome is an autosomal recessive, primordial dwarfism. The clinical symptoms and signs include severe intrauterine and postnatal growth retardation, nanocephaly, proportional dwarfism, bird-like faces, beak-like triangular nose, and mental retardation. We report a successful anesthetic management including endotracheal intubation with the GlideScope(R) video laryngoscope in an 18-year old man with Seckel syndrome for curettage of chronic osteomyelitis of pelvic bone. |
| Key Words:
Dwarfism; Endotracheal intubation; Nanocephaly; Seckel syndrome |
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