Glucose 6-phosphate-dehydrogenase deficiency: the long tour of the colored boy

Glucose 6-phosphate-dehydrogenase deficiency is the most common enzymatic disease of red blood cells. This is an X-linked disorder that mainly affects males. The prevalence is about 400 million people worldwide. Despite of this, it is considered an orphan disease in some treatments and medical procedures such as anesthesia. We describe the case of a 9-year-old male patient affected by this mutation and his travel around different specialists in order to achieve a dental extraction under local anesthesia.