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Middle East J Anaesthesiol · Oct 2011
Case ReportsLingual thyroid: a rare cause of difficult intubation.
- Maroun Badwi Ghabash, Jean-Claude M Stephan, May Semaan Matta, and May Radi Helou.
- Haddad Hospital for the Rosary Sisters Gemayze-Beirut-Lebanon, chargé d'enseignement at the Lebanese University-Medical School. maroun_ghabash@yahoo.com
- Middle East J Anaesthesiol. 2011 Oct 1;21(3):441-3.
AbstractThis case report is about a patient with an oropharyngeal mass presenting to our hospital for biopsy under general anesthesia. Because of the great risk of failure of mask ventilation and direct laryngoscopy, an awake fiberoptic intubation was performed successfully. The biopsy revealed a thyroid tissue leading to the diagnosis of ectopic lingual thyroid.
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