Difficult laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation due to calcified stylohyoid ligaments.
Two cases of difficult laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation caused by calcified stylohyoid ligaments are presented. Neither patient exhibited a skin crease over the hyoid bone. It is suggested that inability to lift up the epiglottis from the posterior pharyngeal wall be taken as a more useful sign of this condition than the presence of the skin crease.
D000328:Adult; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006928:Hyoid Bone; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008022:Ligaments; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged