Anaesthetic challenges in the spine surgery of a young Asian man with lumbar amyloidosis.
BMJ Case Rep
; 14(11)2021 Nov 29.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1546478
ABSTRACT
Primary amyloidosis is a rare systemic disorder often associated with multiple organ dysfunction. The most common form, light chain amyloidosis, has an estimated age-adjusted incidence of 5.1-12.8 cases per million person-years. Spine involvement is extremely uncommon. We present the case of a young Asian man with newly diagnosed amyloidosis involving the lumbar spine among multiple organs with a pathological vertebral fracture that required urgent spine surgery. We believe this is the first reported case to discuss the perianaesthetic challenges in the management of lumbar spine amyloidosis.
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Collection:
International databases
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Immunoglobulin Light-chain Amyloidosis
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Amyloidosis
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Anesthetics
Type of study:
Case report
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Observational study
Limits:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Year:
2021
Document Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Bcr-2021-246359
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