• Anesthesia progress · Jan 2012

    Anesthetic considerations for masticatory muscle tendon-aponeurosis hyperplasia: a report of 24 cases.

    • Ikumi Yamamoto, Satoki Inoue, Masahiko Kawaguchi, Tetsuji Kawakami, Tadaaki Kirita, and Hitoshi Furuya.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Japan.
    • Anesth Prog. 2012 Jan 1; 59 (2): 87-9.

    AbstractMasticatory muscle tendon-aponeurosis hyperplasia (MMTAH) is a new disease entity characterized by limited mouth opening due to contracture of the masticatory muscles, resulting from hyperplasia of tendons and aponeuroses. In this case series, we report what methods of airway establishment were conclusively chosen after rapid induction of anesthesia. We had 24 consecutive patients with MMTAH who underwent surgical release of its contracture under general anesthesia. Rapid induction of anesthesia with propofol and rocuronium was chosen for all the cases. In 7 cases, intubation using the Macintosh laryngoscopy was attempted; however, 2 of those cases failed to be intubated on the first attempt. Finally, intubation using the McCoy laryngoscopy or fiber-optic intubation was alternatively used in these 2 cases. In 7 cases, the Trachlight was used. In the remaining 10 cases, fiber-optic intubation was used. Limited mouth opening in patients with MMTAH did not improve with muscular relaxation. "Square mandible" has been reported to be one of the clinical features in this disease; however, half of these 24 patients lacked this characteristic, which might affect a definitive diagnosis of this disease for anesthesiologists. An airway problem in patients with MMTAH should not be underestimated, which means that other intubation methods rather than direct laryngoscopy had better be considered.

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