title: Acute airway obstruction, an unusual presentation of vallecular cyst.
abstract: A 18-year-old female presented to us with acute respiratory obstruction, unconsciousness, severe respiratory acidosis, and impending cardiac arrest. The emergency measures to secure the airway included intubation with a 3.5-mm endotracheal tube and railroading of a 6.5-mm endotracheal tube over a suction catheter. Video laryngoscopy done after successful resuscitation showed an inflamed swollen epiglottis with a swelling in the left vallecular region, which proved to be a vallecular cyst. Marsupialisation surgery was performed on the 8(th) post admission day and the patient discharged on 10(th) day without any neurological deficit.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, India.
authors.forename: Sameer M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Jahagirdar
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Karthikeyan
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ravishankar