Malignant hyperthermia in a black adolescent. A case report.
Malignant hyperthermia is a rare genetic abnormality which presents in the peri-anaesthetic period with tachycardia, hyperventilation, hyperthermia and acidosis. Untreated, the mortality rate is in excess of 80%. This syndrome is much less common in blacks than whites. A case of malignant hyperthermia in a black South African, in whom the reaction only became evident in the postoperative period, is reported. The case also presents several other unusual features.
Lombard
T P
TP
Department of Anaesthesiology, Medical University of Southern Africa, Pretoria.
Couper
J L
JL
D000293:Adolescent; D044383:Black People; D002110:Caffeine / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D007568:Jaw / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008305:Malignant Hyperthermia / Q000235:genetics; D009127:Muscle Rigidity; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism; D013019:South Africa
D002110:Caffeine