Malignant hyperthermia in a black adolescent. A case report
Lombard, T.P.; Couper, J.L.
South African Medical Journal 73(12): 726-729
1988
ISSN/ISBN: 0256-9574 PMID: 3381156 Document Number: 315158
Malignant hyperthermia is a rare genetic abnormality which presents in the peri-anaesthetic period with tachycardia, hyperventilation, hyperthermia and acidosis. Untreated, the mortality rate is in excess of 80%. This syndrome is much less common in blacks than whites. A case of malignant hyperthermia in a black South African, in whom the reaction only became evident in the postoperative period, is reported. The case also presents several other unusual features.