General anesthesia for an adolescent with Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease - A case report

• Published in: Anesthesia and pain medicine (Korean society of anesthesiologists) Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 44 - 47
• Main Authors: Kim, Hyuckgoo, Lim, Chaeseok
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 대한마취통증의학회 01.01.2019
• Subjects: 마취과학

Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD) is a progressive and degenerative chromosomal disorder of the central nervous system caused by defective myelin production. Few case reports have been issued on the anesthetic management of PMD, because of its extremely low incidence. We anesthetized a 13-year-old...