General Anesthesia Management of a Case with Trisomy 8 Mosaic Syndrome: A Rare Chromosomal Anomaly and Anesthesia Difficulties

Trisomy 8 Mosaic Syndrome (T8MS) is a rare genetic disease. Patients with congenital anomalies carry some risks in terms of anesthesia. Although the anesthesia difficulties of patients with congenital anomalies are well described in the literature, studies or case reports presenting patients with trisomy 8 are quite limited. The case presented here is a 6-year-old boy weighing 22 kg. Since the patient had some multiple abnormalities such as retromicrognathia, high palate and short neck, the operating table was prepared in accordance with the hospital’s Difficult Airway Protocol on the day of surgery. The patient was intubated without any complications. It is well known anesthesia difficulties on patient with chromosomal abnormalities. Although the T8MS patient has multiple congenital anomalies, taking appropriate precautions for difficult airway can provide safe anesthesia to the patient. Keywords: Trisomy 8, difficult airway, pediatric patients, chromosomal abnormalty, congenital anomaly, general anesthesia