title: Lingual thyroid: a rare cause of difficult intubation.
abstract: This case report is about a patient with an oropharyngeal mass presenting to our hospital for biopsy under general anesthesia. Because of the great risk of failure of mask ventilation and direct laryngoscopy, an awake fiberoptic intubation was performed successfully. The biopsy revealed a thyroid tissue leading to the diagnosis of ectopic lingual thyroid.
authors.affiliation: Haddad Hospital for the Rosary Sisters Gemayze-Beirut-Lebanon, chargé d'enseignement at the Lebanese University-Medical School. maroun_ghabash@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Maroun Badwi
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Ghabash
authors.forename: Jean-Claude M
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Stephan
authors.forename: May Semaan
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Matta
authors.forename: May Radi
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Helou
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D058109:Airway Management; D000768:Anesthesia, General; D001706:Biopsy; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000379:methods; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D013961:Thyroid Gland; D014060:Tongue Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology