title: A case of unexpected difficult airway due to lingual tonsil hypertrophy.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway. helge.asbjornsen@helse-bergen.no
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Asbjørnsen
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kuwelker
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Søfteland
mesh_terms: D000172:Acromegaly / Q000150:complications; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000473:pathology*; D010911:Pituitary Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*