title: Acute upper airway obstruction secondary to late presentation of a massive oropharyngeal arteriovenous malformation.
abstract: The case of a 65 year-old man with a massive oropharyngeal arteriovenous malformation, with acute deterioration and airway compromise, is presented. Optimal airway management was deemed to be fiberoptic intubation without sedative drugs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthetics, The Royal Hospitals, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK. gingmcloughlin@hotmail.com
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: McLoughlin
authors.forename: Michael E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: McBrien
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000150:complications*; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods; D008297:Male; D009960:Oropharynx / Q000098:blood supply*; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology