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Background: The anaesthetic management of patients with Morquio syndrome is complicated by a number of factors including odontoid hypoplasia, atlantoaxial instability, thoracic kyphosis, and deposition of mucopolysaccharides in the soft tissue of the oropharnyx. Case presentation: Herein we describe the anaesthetic considerations and management of a 26 year old adult with Morquio syndrome, who presented for an elective hip replacement. Conclusion: This report details an awake fiberoptic intubation in an adult with Morquio syndrome. We recommend that this approach be considered in patients with Morquio syndrome undergoing general anaesthesia.

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Author

Anne Marie McLaughlin; Muhammad Farooq; Maria B Donnelly; Kieran Foley

Publisher

BioMed Central; Springer (Biomed Central Ltd.); [London]: BioMed Central, 2001-; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 1471-2253)

Published

2010

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)