Anesthesia and Pain Medicine  2012;7(2):200-202

Anesthetic management of a patient with Lowe syndrome accompanied by end stage renal disease: A case report.

Sun Min KIM 1 ; Joon Ho LEE ; Sung Hwan CHO ; Sang Hyun KIM ; Won Seok CHAE ; Hee Cheol JIN

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Keywords

Anesthesia; End-stage renal disease; Lowe syndrome

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

Lowe syndrome is a rare genetic condition that involves three major organs: eyes, brain, and kidney. Anesthetic management can be challenged by problems associated with high ocular pressure, mental retardation, and renal tubular dysfunction. We report a case of a 17 year-old boy with Lowe syndrome accompanied by end-stage renal disease who underwent general anesthesia for arteriovenous fistula formation. The Anesthetic implications of this syndrome are also described.