title: Late onset tongue edema after palatoplasty.
abstract: Cleft lip palate is a congenital anomaly that requires surgical reconstruction, and patients rarely develop tongue edema after palatoplasty. We describe a 1-year-and-8-month-old boy who underwent palatoplasty for left-sided cleft lip palate accompanied by exudative otitis media. Although previous reports have described that tongue edema usually sets in early after surgery, the symptoms of edema persisted more than 4 hours postoperatively in our case. We suggest that careful observation for edema is necessary for 24 hours at least after palatoplasty.
authors: Department of Anesthesiology, Division of General Medicine, Asahi University School of Dentistry, 1851 Hozumi, Gifu, Japan. yu10987@yahoo.co.jp
authors: Mai
authors: M
authors: Mukozawa
authors: Takashi
authors: T
authors: Kono
authors: Shigeki
authors: S
authors: Fujiwara
authors: Ko
authors: K
authors: Takakura
mesh_terms: D002972:Cleft Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D004487:Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010159:Palate / Q000601:surgery*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D013997:Time Factors; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000209:etiology*