Korean J Anesthesiol.  2009 Feb;56(2):204-207. 10.4097/kjae.2009.56.2.204.

An anesthetic experience in a patient with Seckel syndrome: A case report

Affiliations
  • 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.

Abstract

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.

Keyword

Dwarfism; Endotracheal intubation; Nanocephaly; Seckel syndrome

MeSH Terms

Curettage
Dwarfism
Humans
Intellectual Disability
Intubation, Intratracheal
Laryngoscopes
Nose
Osteomyelitis
Pelvic Bones
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