[Tracheal intubation in a case of Still's disease]

The authors report the case of a patient with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (Still's disease) who underwent laparotomic hysterectomy under general anesthesia. Tracheal intubation was performed with the aid of a fibroscope, as recommended in the literature, given that impairment of the cervical spine and the temporo-mandibular joint made it extremely unlikely that direct laryngoscopy could be performed. The authors also report the methods recommended by other authors in order to guarantee a sufficiently deep anesthetic plane together with patency of the airways in patients suffering from Still's disease.