title: Anaesthetic implications of Maffucci's syndrome.
abstract: Maffucci's syndrome is a rare, congenital disease due to neuro-ectodermal dysplasia and is characterized by enchondromatosis and multiple soft tissue haemangiomata. A case of Maffucci's syndrome with haemangiomata along the upper airways requiring laser surgery is described. The literature on Maffucci's syndrome is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: T E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Oh
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D004687:Enchondromatosis / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005931:Glottis; D006391:Hemangioma / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007822:Laryngeal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D017075:Laser Coagulation