[Anesthetic Management under Spinal Anesthesia in a Patient with Erythropoietic Protoporphyria].

Abstract

Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is a hereditary disease resulting from a deficiency in ferrochelatase required for haem synthesis system. We describe the anesthetic management of a 51-year-old man with EPP undergoing open reduction and internal fixation of patella fracture. Spinal anesthesia was induced with bupivacaine. The surgery was performed without any complications. No skin symptom was observed periop- eratively. Spinal anesthesia with bupivacaine can be safe for an EPP patient.