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

摘要

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. Herein we report a case of anesthetic management of a patient with SPS for thymectomy and review several other cases.