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APRIL 7, 2023

Anesthesia for a Patient With Xeroderma Pigmentosum

Amanuel Y. Negash, MD
Eletemichael Yiheyis, MD
Ananya Abate, MD
Department of Anesthesiology
Critical Care and Pain Medicine
School of Medicine
College of Health Sciences
Addis Ababa University
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Ana Maria Crawford, MD
Department of Anesthesiology
Perioperative and Pain Medicine
Stanford University
California

Introduction

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Xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) progresses through three clinical stages. The first stage presents around 6 months of age with sun-exposed areas of the skin showing erythema