Anesthesia Management in Rare Case: Cutis Laxa Syndrome

Abstract

Cutis laxa is rare and hetrogenous group of disorders related to abnormalities in elastic tissue. It may be autosomal recessive, autosomal dominant, X linked or acquired. Acquired cutis laxa has developed after a febrile illness, inflammatory skin disease such a lupus eryhymatosis or erythema multiform, amyloidosis, hypersensitivity reaction to penicillin and in infants born from women who were taking penicillamine. Patients with cutis laxa have facial features,.pulmonary emphysema, cor-pulmonale, and right-sided heart failure.We present a case with cutis laxa undescended testis , and mild pulmonary stenosis.

Keywords

• Cutis laxa
• pulmonary stenosis
• loose skin