Anaesthesia for a child with Walker-Warburg syndrome

Paediatr Anaesth. 2003 Sep;13(7):624-8. doi: 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2003.01013.x.

Abstract

Walker-Warburg syndrome (WWS) is a rare lethal autosomal recessive disorder manifested by characteristic central nervous system and eye malformations. We have not come across reports of general anaesthesia in a child with WWS in the English literature. We report a case of general anaesthesia in a 12-month-old male child with WWS. The child also had bilateral cleft lip, cleft palate, urogenital malformation and hydronephrosis. Despite many potential anaesthesia concerns, anaesthesia was uneventful in this child.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / genetics*
  • Anesthesia, General*
  • Anesthetics, Inhalation / administration & dosage*
  • Chromosome Aberrations
  • Cleft Lip / genetics
  • Cleft Lip / surgery*
  • Eye Abnormalities / genetics
  • Genes, Recessive
  • Halothane / administration & dosage
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Intubation, Intratracheal
  • Laryngoscopy
  • Male
  • Nervous System Malformations / genetics*
  • Nitrous Oxide / administration & dosage
  • Syndrome

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Inhalation
  • Nitrous Oxide
  • Halothane