• J Clin Anesth · Dec 2016

    Case Reports

    Lingual Tonsil Hypertrophy: rescuing the airway with videolaryngoscopy.

    • Fouad Ghazi Souki, Shweta Rahul Yemul-Golhar, Yosaf Zeyed, and Ernesto A Pretto.
    • Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Transplantation, University of Miami/Jackson Health System, Miami, FL, USA. Electronic address: Fsouki@miami.edu.
    • J Clin Anesth. 2016 Dec 1; 35: 242-245.

    AbstractLingual tonsils are lymphatic tissues located at the base of the tongue that may hypertrophy causing difficulty and sometimes inability to ventilate or intubate during anesthesia. Routine airway assessment fails to diagnose lingual tonsil hypertrophy. There is limited experience with use of videolaryngoscopy in cases of lingual tonsil hypertrophy. We present a case of difficult airway due to unanticipated lingual tonsil hypertrophy successfully managed by atypical video laryngoscope positioning.Copyright © 2016 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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