• Jahangir Ghorbani, Shideh Dabir, Gilda Givehchi, and Mohammadreza Najafi.
• Department of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Chronic Respiratory Diseases Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
• Acta Anaesthesiol Taiwan. 2014 Mar 1; 52 (1): 38-40.

AbstractTapia's syndrome and pressure alopecia (PA) are two rare but distressing complications associated with orotracheal intubation and positioning of the head during surgery. To our knowledge, simultaneous occurrence of both complications after surgery has not been previously reported. To avoid these disturbing complications, the mechanisms of the injury and the preventive measures should be recognized by anesthesiologists and surgeons. We herein present the case of Tapia's syndrome together with PA following open septorhinoplasty under uncomplicated endotracheal general anesthesia in a 27-year-old man. We review other case reports and discuss the potential underlying mechanisms of injury.Copyright © 2014. Published by Elsevier B.V.

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