CASE REPORT
Year : 2011 | Volume
: 55 | Issue : 5 | Page : 524--527
Acute airway obstruction, an unusual presentation of vallecular cyst
Sameer M Jahagirdar1, P Karthikeyan2, M Ravishankar1
1 Department of Anaesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, India
2 Department of ENT, Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Puducherry, India
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Sameer M Jahagirdar
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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.
How to cite this article:
Jahagirdar SM, Karthikeyan P, Ravishankar M. Acute airway obstruction, an unusual presentation of vallecular cyst.Indian J Anaesth 2011;55:524-527
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Jahagirdar SM, Karthikeyan P, Ravishankar M. Acute airway obstruction, an unusual presentation of vallecular cyst. Indian J Anaesth [serial online] 2011 [cited 2013 May 21 ];55:524-527
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