Anesthesia & Clinical Research
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Abstract

Brain Tumor in a Case of Down’s Syndrome: Anaesthesia Perspectives

Santanu Bora, Mukul Jain, Arvind Arya and Deepak K Jha

Down’s syndrome patients are known to have various associated airway and craniovertebral junction anomalies which pose a challenge for anaesthetic management of these patients undergoing brain tumour surgery. Authors report anaesthetic management of a patient of Down’s syndrome undergoing brain tumor surgery who had airway of Mallampati class IV with large tongue, small mouth opening and high arched palate with review of relevant literature.