Anesthetic management of a patient with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy and related Addison's disease and Brugada syndrome (original) (raw)

Anesthetic management of a patient with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy and related Addison's disease and Brugada syndrome. Aslanidis Th, Tsamaslidis G, Gkiauris E, Lazaridou EE X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy is rarely encountered in the operating room. The clinical presentation is highly variable and creates unique challenges for the anesthesiologist. Case: We hereby present a successful anesthetic management of patient with X-linked adrenoleukodystrophy and related Addison's disease and Brugada syndrome for an orthopedic surgery and review the available literature about the topic. Conclusion: The numerous phenotypes of the disease pose unique challenge to the anesthesiologists that must be handled from a multidisciplinary team and on an individual basis.