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. 2016 Jan-Mar;32(1):115-6.
doi: 10.4103/0970-9185.175717.

Anesthetic management of a patient with severe neck dystonia during MRI

Vinay Byrappa  1 , Shruti Redhu  1 , Bhadrinarayan Varadarajan  1
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Anesthetic management of a patient with severe neck dystonia during MRI

Vinay Byrappa et al. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol. 2016 Jan-Mar.
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Figure 1
(a) Patient unable to lie supine due to severe neck ante flexion, arrows depicting the level of occiput above the level of table. (b) Classic laryngeal mask airway in situ and phase array torso sensors placed over the patients’ head in place of the regular coil to allow entry inside the magnetic resonance imaging gantry. (c) The “Hot Cross Bun Sign” seen in our patient
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