• Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · Feb 2008

    Case Reports

    A case of unexpected difficult airway due to lingual tonsil hypertrophy.

    • H Asbjørnsen, M Kuwelker, and E Søfteland.
    • Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway. helge.asbjornsen@helse-bergen.no
    • Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2008 Feb 1;52(2):310-2.

    AbstractClinical value of preoperative bedside screening tests for predicting difficult airway remains limited. Asymptomatic lingual tonsil hypertrophy is a known cause of unexpected difficult airway. We report a case as a reminder of this.

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