title: Failure of insertion of a laryngeal mask airway caused by a variation in the anatomy of the thyroid cartilage.
abstract: We report the failure of insertion of a laryngeal mask airway in a patient with a pre-operative diagnosis of an abnormality of the superior cornua of the thyroid cartilage. We believe that this is the first time that this reason for failure has been reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Singleton Hospital, Swansea, UK.
authors.forename: S T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Browning
authors.forename: H B
authors.initials: HB
authors.lastname: Whittet
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D013957:Thyroid Cartilage / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D017211:Treatment Failure