[Two Separate Instances of Anesthetic Management in a Patient Initially Diagnosed with Stiff-person Syndrome].

In this case report, we describe separate instances of general anesthetic management administered to a patient during treatment for two unrelated conditions. The patient, a 57-year-old woman who had been experiencing walking difficulties for about four years, fell down because of muscle rigidity and spasms and fractured her humerus. She was subsequently diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome.

[Anesthetic management of a patient with Sturge-Weber syndrome associated with a giant facial hemangioma].

A 32-year old man with Sturge-Weber syndrome, a rare congenital disease of multiple angiomatous lesions including cervical cortex, face, oral soft tissues, larynx and trachea, underwent the excision of a back lipoma. His hemangioma which extended into the region of the right ophthalmic nerve and superior maxillary nerve is extremely large. He also had mental retardation and epilepsy.

[Anesthesia for electroconvulsive therapy -- comparison of propofol with sevoflurane].

Background: Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is performed under general anesthesia (GA). GA could reduce the vigorous hemodynamic response including hypertension and tachycardia during ECT. This may be beneficial in patients with cardiovascular diseases.

[Collaboration between anesthesiologists and psychiatrists in the management of modified electroconvulsive therapy (mECT)].

The number of the patients with psychiatric disease is increasing. Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare eventually added psychiatric disease to the conventional four major disorders making it fifth biggest illness in July, 2011. Since mECT is assuming a important role in the treatment of various psychiatric diseases, we have more cases in which anesthesia management is required.

Long-term clinical outcome after extended thymectomy combined postoperative high-dose steroid therapy for juvenile myasthenia gravis.

Myasthenia gravis (MG) is considered to be an autoimmune disorder of neuromuscular transmission and is rare in childhood. We report 3 juvenile MG (JMG) cases of extended thymectomy (ETMX) combined postoperative high-dose steroid therapy. All patients developed MG symptoms under the age of 14 years and were given cholinergic drugs and had generalized MG: the Myasthenia Gravis Foundation of America classification II was present in 1 case and classification III was in 2.

[Laryngeal edema and vocal cord paralysis due to lithium battery ingestion; a case report].

We report a case of an 8-year-old boy with laryngeal edema and vocal cord paralysis due to lithium battery ingestion. He had ingested a lithium battery of a television remote controller, and was admitted to our hospital. He was suffering from wheezing and retractive respiration with crying.