title: Anaesthesia for a child with Walker-Warburg syndrome.
abstract: Walker-Warburg syndrome (WWS) is a rare lethal autosomal recessive disorder manifested by characteristic central nervous system and eye malformations. We have not come across reports of general anaesthesia in a child with WWS in the English literature. We report a case of general anaesthesia in a 12-month-old male child with WWS. The child also had bilateral cleft lip, cleft palate, urogenital malformation and hydronephrosis. Despite many potential anaesthesia concerns, anaesthesia was uneventful in this child.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology, St John's Medical College and Hospital, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. sahaj_anand@hotmail.com
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sahajananda
authors.forename: Jeevan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Meneges
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000235:genetics*; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D002971:Cleft Lip / Q000235:genetics / Q000601:surgery*; D005124:Eye Abnormalities / Q000235:genetics; D005808:Genes, Recessive; D006221:Halothane / Q000008:administration & dosage; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008297:Male; D009421:Nervous System Malformations / Q000235:genetics*; D009609:Nitrous Oxide / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013577:Syndrome
chemical_list: D018685:Anesthetics, Inhalation; D009609:Nitrous Oxide; D006221:Halothane