Clinical 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.
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.