Anesth Pain Med.  2012 Oct;7(4):363-366.

Anesthetic experience of a pediatric patient with facial anomaly due to Cherubism: A case report

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  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Ilsan Paik Hospital, Inje University College of Medicine, Goyang, Korea. knighder@hanmail.net

Abstract

We report the perioperative airway management in a 7-year-old boy suffering from Cherubism who was scheduled for endoscopic sinus surgery under general anesthesia. Cherubism is a rare, hereditary disorder of the jaws characterized by expansion of the maxilla and mandible. A difficult airway was encountered during induction of general anesthesia, nasal and oral mask pitting ventilation was hard for first attempts due to facial bony abnormality. At second attempt, we tried only oral mask pitting ventilation and it was successful.

Keyword

Airway management; Cherubism; Facial anomaly

MeSH Terms

Airway Management
Anesthesia, General
Cherubism
Child
Humans
Jaw
Mandible
Masks
Maxilla
Stress, Psychological
Ventilation
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