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A case of unexpected difficult airway due to lingual tonsil hypertrophy.

Asbjørnsen H, Kuwelker M, Søfteland E

Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway. helge.asbjornsen@helse-bergen.no

Clinical value of preoperative bedside screening tests for predicting difficult airway remains limited. Asymptomatic lingual tonsil hypertrophy is a known cause of unexpected difficult airway. We report a case as a reminder of this.

Published 18 January 2008 in Acta Anaesthesiol Scand, 52(2): 310-2.
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