Anesthetic management of deep brain stimulation in Hallervorden-Spatz syndrome: Surviving the "eye of the tiger".

Anesthetic management of dystonic patients with uncontrolled involuntary movements refractory to medical management is a challenge to neuroanaesthetists. According to some studies, the prevalence of Panthothenate Kinase Associated Neurodegeneration is 1 to 9/1,000,000. Report of Deep Brain Stimulation for Hallervorden-Spatz is extremely rare in literature.