Hepatitis after sevoflurane exposure in an infant suffering from primary hyperoxaluria type 1

Anesth Analg. 2004 Aug;99(2):370-2, table of contents. doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000124681.51487.AD.

Abstract

An 11-mo-old child with primary hyperoxaluria was scheduled for a nephroureteromia procedure. Anesthesia was induced and maintained with sevoflurane. Two days after the operation, a hepatomegaly was diagnosed, and a considerable increase in liver enzymes was observed. These pathologic findings disappeared without treatment within 7 days. In a subsequent operation 2 wk later, general anesthesia was performed (sevoflurane was avoided). After the second operation, no pathologic findings could be detected. Nothing in this patient's disease or the conduct of the anesthesia suggested a cause for the injury other than an idiosyncratic response to sevoflurane.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anesthesia, General / adverse effects
  • Anesthetics, Inhalation / adverse effects*
  • Biomarkers
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / etiology*
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / pathology
  • Hepatomegaly / chemically induced
  • Hepatomegaly / pathology
  • Humans
  • Hyperoxaluria, Primary / complications*
  • Infant
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / complications
  • Kidney Failure, Chronic / surgery
  • Liver Function Tests
  • Male
  • Methyl Ethers / adverse effects*
  • Sevoflurane

Substances

  • Anesthetics, Inhalation
  • Biomarkers
  • Methyl Ethers
  • Sevoflurane