LINGUAL TONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY CAUSING FAILED INTUBATION AND CEREBRAL ANOXIA

Authors
COHLE SD JONES DH PURI S
Citation
Sd. Cohle et al., LINGUAL TONSILLAR HYPERTROPHY CAUSING FAILED INTUBATION AND CEREBRAL ANOXIA, The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology, 14(2), 1993, pp. 158-161
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Medicine, Legal",Pathology
Journal title
The American journal of forensic medicine and pathology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01957910
Volume
14
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
158 - 161
Database
ISI
SICI code
0195-7910(1993)14:2<158:LTHCFI>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Hypertrophy of the lingual tonsils is an unusual condition that may ca use complications such as airway obstruction, abscess, sleep apnea, an d recurrent epiglottitis. There have been reports of difficult anesthe sic intubation in children with enlarged lingual tonsils. We describe a 24-year-old woman whose markedly hypertrophied lingual tonsils preve nted intubation after anesthesic relaxation during preparation for app endectomy.