BJA Advance Access originally published online on August 20, 2004
British Journal of Anaesthesia 2004 93(5):740-742; doi:10.1093/bja/aeh256
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CASE REPORT |
HermanskyPudlak syndrome in a pregnant patient
1 Department of Anaesthesia, Leicester General Hospital, UHL NHS Trust, Leicester, UK. 2 Department of Haematology Leicester Royal Infirmary, UHL NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
* Corresponding author. E-mail: suecoley{at}doctors.org.uk
HermanskyPudlak syndrome is a multisystem disorder with albinism, bleeding diathesis and visual impairment as the main features. We report a case of epidural analgesia in a pregnant patient, who was subsequently discovered to have this syndrome. We believe this to be the first such report.