Anesthesia Management in Achondroplasia: A Case Report

Houman   Teymourian; Hamidreza Azizi Faresani; Faranak  Behnaz; Arash  Tafrishinejad; Hamideh   Ariannia; Sogol   Asgari

doi:10.18502/aacc.v7i2.6306

Houman Teymourian Department of Anaesthesiology, Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hamidreza Azizi Faresani Department of Anaesthesiology, Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Faranak Behnaz Department of Anaesthesiology, Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Arash Tafrishinejad Department of Anaesthesiology, Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Hamideh Ariannia Department of Anaesthesiology, Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Sogol Asgari Department of Anaesthesiology, Shohada Tajrish Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/aacc.v7i2.6306

Keywords: Anesthesia; Achondroplasia; Autosomal dominant; Airway management

Abstract

Achondroplasia is the result of a mutation in the gene encoding the type 3 receptor for a fibroblast growth factor. This abnormality results in malformation endochondral ossification. Achondroplasia is characterized by disproportionately short stature, lumbar lordosis, large head, midface hypoplasia, short hands, and normal cognitive development. Our report is about a 28-year-old patient with achondroplasia who underwent surgery for correction of kyphosis due to spinal canal stenosis. In this present case we study management anesthesia.