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Case Reports
. 2011 Oct;27(4):550-2.
doi: 10.4103/0970-9185.86607.

Successful anesthetic management of a child with blepharophimosis syndrome and atrial septal defect for reconstructive ocular surgery

Dalim Kumar Baidya  1 , Puneet Khanna, Anil Kumar, Dilip Shende
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Case Reports

Successful anesthetic management of a child with blepharophimosis syndrome and atrial septal defect for reconstructive ocular surgery

Dalim Kumar Baidya et al. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2011 Oct.

Abstract

Blepharophimosis syndrome is an autosomal dominant disorder characterized by eyelid malformation, involvement of reproductive system and abnormal facial morphology leading to difficult airway. We report a rare association of blepharophimosis syndrome and atrial septal defect in a 10-year-old girl who came for reconstruction surgery of eyelid. The child had dyspnea on exertion. Atrial septal defect was identified preoperatively by clinical examination and echocardiography. Anesthesia management was complicated by failure in laryngeal mask airway placement and Cobra perilaryngeal airway was subsequently used.

Keywords: Anesthesia; atrial septal defect; blepharophimosis syndrome; difficult airway.

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