Successful anesthetic management of a child with an extensive facial hemangioma and high output cardiac failure for placement of a central venous catheter

Abstract

A two-and-a-half-year-old female with an extensive facial and lingual hemangioma, associated high output cardiac failure, and a history of difficult intubation presented for central venous catheter (CVC) placement for vincristine chemotherapy. Anesthetic management of this complex case is presented and the complicating medical conditions are discussed.