Lingual tonsil hypertrophy: about a case of unpredictable difficult airway [Hipertrofia de la amígdala lingual: a propósito de un caso de vía aérea difícil imprevisible]

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2022

Authors

Gomes Azevedo, BF (Author) Other; Monte Hipólito, CSD (Author) Other; Ribeiro Pereira, HD (Author) FMUP

Journal

The Journal is awaiting validation by the Administrative Services.

Title: Revista Mexicana de Anestesiologia

Vol. 45

Pages: 68-70

ISSN: 0185-1012

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Authenticus ID: P-00W-0AN

DOI: 10.35366/102906

Abstract (EN): Eleven years old children, proposed for resection of pylocitic astrocytoma of cerebellum, presented with lingual tonsil hypertrophy causing a unpredictable difficult airway approach. The presence of a lingual tonsil hypertrophied isn¿t diagnosed most of the times, with their occurrence being associated with previous tonsillectomy in more than half of the cases. Its occurrence, and non-identification, can originate scenarios of difficult airway approach, with a higher morbility association.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific