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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 43, 1257-1259, Copyright © 1996 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

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Sevoflurane anaesthesia for a patient with adult polyglucosan body disease

S Inoue, R Ishii, H Fukuda, K Saitoh and R Shimizu
Department of Anaesthesia, Omiya Red Cross Hospital, Saitama, Japan.

PURPOSE: Adult polyglucosan body disease (APBD) is a rare neurological disorder of unknown cause characterized by four manifestations: upper motor neuron signs, peripheral neuropathy with motor and sensory loss, urinary incontinence, and dementia. The purpose of this report is to present a patient with APBD anaesthetized successfully with sevoflurane and nitrous oxide. CLINICAL FEATURE: A 51-yr-old man with APBD was scheduled for haemorrhoidectomy. Paraesthesia, dysaesthesia, distal muscular atrophy and fasciculation were recognized in the extremities. Dementia, bulbar paralysis and respiratory insufficiency were basent. Anaesthesia was induced with inhalation of sevoflurane and nitrous oxide, and the trachea was intubated without the use of muscle relaxants. Maintenance of anaesthesia was performed with sevoflurane (inspired concentration: 1.5-2.5%) and nitrous oxide (50%). Emergence from anaesthesia and the postoperative course were uneventful, and no exacerbation of neurological signs and symptoms was recognized. No postoperative analgesia was required. CONCLUSION: General anaesthesia and tracheal intubation with sevoflurane and nitrous oxide provided safe anaesthesia for a patient with APBD.




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