Unexpected difficult intubation in the patient with Morning Glory syndrome.
Morning Glory syndrome is an uncommon congenital optic disc anomaly with occasional systemic associations. A case of unsuspected difficult intubation in a three-year old patient is described in this case report.
Department of Anaesthesia and Critical Care, St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19134, USA.
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Shevchenko
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Rehman
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Dorsey
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Schwartz
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Moseley
D002675:Child, Preschool; D002829:Choroid / Q000473:pathology*; D005099:Exotropia / Q000601:surgery; D005158:Facial Paralysis / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D009801:Oculomotor Muscles / Q000601:surgery; D009898:Optic Disk / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012164:Retinal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D013577:Syndrome; D014603:Uveal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*