title: Lingual Tonsil Hypertrophy: rescuing the airway with videolaryngoscopy.
abstract: Lingual tonsils are lymphatic tissues located at the base of the tongue that may hypertrophy causing difficulty and sometimes inability to ventilate or intubate during anesthesia. Routine airway assessment fails to diagnose lingual tonsil hypertrophy. There is limited experience with use of videolaryngoscopy in cases of lingual tonsil hypertrophy. We present a case of difficult airway due to unanticipated lingual tonsil hypertrophy successfully managed by atypical video laryngoscope positioning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Transplantation, University of Miami/Jackson Health System, Miami, FL, USA. Electronic address: Fsouki@miami.edu.
authors.forename: Fouad Ghazi
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Souki
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami/Jackson Health System, Miami, FL, USA. Electronic address: Shweta.Golhar@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shweta Rahul
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Yemul-Golhar
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, University of Miami/Jackson Health System, Miami, FL, USA. Electronic address: yosaf.zeyed@jhsmiami.org.
authors.forename: Yosaf
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zeyed
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Division of Transplantation, University of Miami/Jackson Health System, Miami, FL, USA. Electronic address: Epretto@miami.edu.
authors.forename: Ernesto A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Pretto
mesh_terms: D000234:Adenoids / Q000473:pathology*; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy / Q000150:complications*; D000069290:Incisional Hernia / Q000601:surgery*; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods*; D020704:Laryngoscopes; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D014059:Tongue / Q000473:pathology
keywords: GlideScope; Lingual tonsil hypertrophy; Video laryngoscope