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Article Category: Case Report
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Online Publication Date: Jan 01, 2010

General Anesthesia for a Child With Landau-Kleffner Syndrome, a Case Report

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Page Range: 109 – 111
DOI: 10.2344/0003-3006-57.3.109
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Abstract

Landau-Kleffner syndrome is a rare, epileptiform disorder with a pathognomonic sudden aphasia, epilepsy, and electroencephalographic abnormalities. It was first described in 1957. No case reports are included in the anesthesia literature. This case report describes a 9-year-old male who was treated for dental caries while under intubated general anesthesia. The case was successful and uneventful, with multiple precautions taken to prevent seizures or other complications. The authors hope that this report will provoke communication and additional case reports.

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Copyright: 2010 by the American Dental Society of Anesthesiology

Contributor Notes

Address correspondence to Dr David Carsten, Department of Anesthesiology, Lutheran Medical Center, 150 55th Street, Brooklyn, New York 11220, e-mail: sleepyteeth@yahoo.com
Received: Oct 15, 2009
Accepted: Mar 29, 2010