Anesthesia Management of a Child with Crouzon Syndrome and Turricephaly for MRI Brain And CT scan of Skull Bone Window- A Case Report

Abstract

Crouzon syndrome is a rare genetic disorder involving craniofacial skeleton development. It is characterized by a triad of cranial deformities: premature craniosynostosis, facial anomalies (mid-facial hypoplasia), and exophthalmia¹. The anesthetic challenges include the presence of a difficult airway, a history of obstructive sleep apnea, congenital cardiac disorders, hypothermia, blood loss and venous air embolism¹. We present the successful anaesthetic management of a 3-year-old female child, weighing 10 kgs, posted for magnetic resonance imaging of the Brain and computed tomography Scan of the skull bone window.