title: Administration of general anaesthesia to a paediatric patient with osteopetrosis.
abstract: Osteopetrosis is a rare clinical syndrome characterised by the failure of bone resorption and remodelling, which causes multiple anatomical and physiological impairments. Pathological fractures can occur, in addition to, haemathological and metabolic impairments. Our patient was a 9-year-old girl diagnosed with osteopetrosis in the neonatal period. She had severe anaemia, thrombocytopaenia, hypocalcaemia, as well as growth and development delays. In this case report, the administration of general anaesthesia to the patient for a biopsy of the scalp and skull and a partial maxillectomy is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Reanimation, Firat University, Medical School, Elazig, Turkey. abelinozer@gmail.com
authors.forename: Ayse Belin
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Ozer
authors.forename: Omer L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Erhan
authors.forename: Ismail
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Demirel
authors.forename: Sibel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ozcan
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001706:Biopsy; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods; D008437:Maxilla / Q000601:surgery*; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative / Q000379:methods; D009336:Necrosis; D010022:Osteopetrosis / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011300:Preoperative Care / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D012535:Scalp / Q000473:pathology*; D012886:Skull / Q000473:pathology*