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  • Title: [Difficult ventilation during induction of anesthesia in a patient with Arnold-Chiari malformation type II].
    Author: Shiraishi M, Minami K, Horishita T, Shigematsu A.
    Journal: Masui; 2001 Jul; 50(7):776-8. PubMed ID: 11510071.
    Abstract:
    Arnold-Chiari malformation is a congenital disorder with caudal displacement of the cerebellar tonsils through the foramen magnum into the cervical canal. We report difficulty with ventilation during the induction of anesthesia due to apnea and laryngospasm in a 5-year-old female with Arnold-Chiari malformation type II diagnosed at birth. She had had short periods of apnea during infancy, but was asymptomatic recently. Slow induction of anesthesia was performed using sevoflurane, but just after induction, the patient developed apnea and we could not ventilate her due to laryngospasm. We woke her up, and induced anesthesia with barbiturates. The operation was performed without complications, but she had another apnea attack with laryngospasm at extubation. This case suggests that it is important to be aware of the possibility of apnea due to disorder of the respiratory center in patients with Arnold-Chiari deformity.
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