Lingual tonsil hypertrophy with difficult airway and uncontrollable bleeding
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Difficult airway management in a case with lingual tonsil hypertrophy and temporo-mandibular joint partial ankylosis
provided the original work is properly cited. CC The lingual tonsil, a normal component of Waldeyer’s ring, consists of lymphoid tissue located at the base of tongue [1]. A supraepiglottic mass like lingual tonsillar hypertrophy (LTH) is recognized as a risk factor for unanticipated failed tracheal intubation, and lingual tonsil hypertrophy has been reported to be a cause of difficult airway [1...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 2003
ISSN: 0003-2409
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2003.03095_10.x