Osteopetrosis – How much do we know?
Journal Title: Indian Journal of Clinical Anaesthesia - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 3
Abstract
Osteopetrosis Marble Bone Disease refers to a group of disorders of skeleton characterized by increased bone density on radiographs We should be aware of this entity as due to difficult airway and sclerotic spine anesthetizing these patients may be a challenging task Proper anesthesia work up and adequate preparedness can lead to successful management thus preventing the morbidity We present here a case of osteopetrosis in which the diagnosis was missed in the preoperative periodKeywords Anesthesia Osteopetrosis Musculoskeletal system
Authors and Affiliations
Alka Chandra, Naresh Chandra, Nikhil Bhasin, Parul Bansal Sareen
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