A patient with massive oral-facial venous malformation.
While malformations of the upper airway are rare, they present challenging management problems and have a potentially devastating impact during anesthesia. This case report describes the management of a patient with a massive supraglottic venous malformation as he underwent transvenous embolization.
Roberts
J T
JT
Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114.
Pile-Spellman
J
J
Joseph
M
M
Glinski
E
E
Chin
J
J
Hacein-Bey
L
L
D000328:Adult; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000628:therapy*; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005145:Face / Q000098:blood supply*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009055:Mouth / Q000098:blood supply*; D014680:Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*