title: [Effectiveness of the GlideScope video laryngoscope in a case of unexpected difficult airway due to lingual tonsil hypertrophy].
abstract: Lingual tonsil hypertrophy can cause varying degrees of airway obstruction and is considered a risk factor for difficult mask ventilation and tracheal intubation. We report a case of unexpected difficult airway in a patient with unknown lingual tonsil hypertrophy that was solved with the use of the GlideScope video laryngoscope.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Tratamiento del Dolor, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España. Electronic address: patricruzp@yahoo.es.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Tratamiento del Dolor, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alarcón
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Tratamiento del Dolor, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Del Castillo
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Tratamiento del Dolor, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cabrerizo
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Anestesiología, Reanimación y Tratamiento del Dolor, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid, España.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Díaz
mesh_terms: D058109:Airway Management / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D016288:Computer Terminals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D007828:Laryngoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009765:Obesity / Q000150:complications; D014066:Palatine Tonsil / Q000473:pathology*; D020047:Rectocele / Q000601:surgery; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology
keywords: Difficult airway; GlideScope(®); Hipertrofia de amígdala lingual; Lingual tonsil hypertrophy; Videolaryngoscope; Vía aérea difícil; Vídeolaringoscopio