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Anesthetic management of a patient with stiff-person syndrome and thymoma: a case report

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CHINESE MEDICAL JOURNAL
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11
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Key Word:
stiff-person syndrome;anesthesia;thymectomy

Abstract: @@ Stiff-person syndrome (SPS, also called stiff-man syndrome) is a rare neurological disease with autoimmune features. It is characterized by fluctuating and progressive muscle rigidity, and episodic spasm that prominently involve axial and limb musculature.1,2 Herein we report a case of anesthetic management of a patient with SPS for thymectomy and review several other cases.

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