[Onset of a fulminant malignant hyperthermia crisis. Case report of a 74-year-old patient with previously subclinical central core disease]

Anaesthesist. 2013 Jan;62(1):34-8. doi: 10.1007/s00101-012-2107-0. Epub 2012 Dec 19.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Malignant hyperthermia (MH) is a latent, autosomal dominant inherited syndrome of skeletal musculature which results in excessive hypermetabolism induced by halogenated anesthetic agents and depolarizing muscle relaxants and is caused by an uncontrolled intramuscular calcium release. This case report focuses on the description of symptoms of a fulminant MH crisis. A possible link between central core disease (CCD) and the clinical severity of MH crisis is postulated in this paper.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anesthesia
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Humans
  • Intraoperative Complications / therapy
  • Male
  • Malignant Hyperthermia / diagnosis
  • Malignant Hyperthermia / genetics
  • Malignant Hyperthermia / therapy*
  • Myopathy, Central Core / complications*
  • Myopathy, Central Core / diagnosis
  • Myopathy, Central Core / genetics
  • Pedigree