Population
1 healthy 6-year-old boy presenting with lower extremity rigidity, trismus, and fever
Design
Case_report
Authors
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Supports vigilance for awake malignant hyperthermia with succinylcholine; extends RYR1 variant spectrum but remains hypothesis-generating.
This case highlights the risk of fatal cardiac arrest when succinylcholine is administered to patients with unrecognized susceptibility to malignant hyperthermia presenting with 'awake' symptoms.
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