Anesthesia in a child with Kinsbourne syndrome: Does anesthesia technique matters?
- Resource Type
- Authors
- B Vasudevan; Neisevilie Nisa; Praveen Talawar
- Source
- Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia
Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, Vol 10, Iss 4, Pp 468-470 (2016)
- Subject
- business.industry
General anesthesia
Anesthetic management
Case Report
Opsoclonus
kinsbourne syndrome
medicine.disease
lcsh:RD78.3-87.3
Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine
Kinsbourne Syndrome
lcsh:Anesthesiology
Etomidate
Anesthesia
Anesthetic
medicine
Ketamine
medicine.symptom
business
Myoclonus
medicine.drug
Ganglioneuroblastoma
- Language
- ISSN
- 1658-354X
Kinsbourne syndrome is a rare neurological paraneoplastic syndrome associated with neuroblastic tumors. There are very few literatures on its anesthetic management and interaction with anesthetic agents. The epileptogenic potential of certain anesthetic agents such as ketamine, etomidate, and meperidine might trigger opsoclonus and myoclonus and have an impact on the long-term neurological outcome. The objective of this case report is to discuss the safety of anesthetic agents and their relationship in a patient with Kinsbourne syndrome. We discuss our experience in the anesthetic management of a child with Kinsbourne syndrome with ganglioneuroblastoma in the thoracic paravertebral space.