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- Title
Anesthetic management in a patient with Papillion Lefevre syndrome.
- Authors
Sharma, Prakash; Kumar, Ashvini
- Abstract
The article discusses the anesthetic management in a patient with Papillion Lefevre syndrome (PLS). It presents the case of a 16-year-old man who has PLS since childhood and was referred for pre-anesthetic examination for excision of hydatid cyst in his right lung. PLS is defined as a rare autosomal recessive disorder of keratinization and is characterized by palmoplantar hyperkeratosis, peridontopathy and precocious loss of dentition.
- Subjects
KERATINIZATION; ANESTHETICS; LUNGS; ECHINOCOCCOSIS; SURGICAL excision
- Publication
Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2013, Vol 29, Issue 4, p568
- ISSN
0970-9185
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/0970-9185.119150