title: Life-threatening upper airway obstruction due to isolated hypermobile tongue.
abstract: Isolated hypermobile tongue is extremely rare. We present a case of isolated hypermobile tongue that caused several life-threatening airway obstructions during sleep. The tongue could reach to the nasopharynx and clear and moisten the nasopharynx by its movement.
authors.affiliation: Department of ORL and HNS, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey. dalgicabdullah@gmail.com
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dalgic
authors.forename: Yusuf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hidir
authors.forename: A Hakan
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Birkent
authors.forename: Abdullah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Durmaz
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gerek
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D004724:Endoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D009305:Nasopharynx / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D012891:Sleep Apnea Syndromes / Q000209:etiology; D014059:Tongue / Q000503:physiopathology*; D055815:Young Adult