Perioperative airway management of a 16‐year‐old boy with progressive airway obstruction due to juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma

Perioperative airway management of a 16‐year‐old boy with progressive airway obstruction due to juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma

Key Clinical Message Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) involves difficult anesthetic management because of the risk of massive bleeding, while airway management is rarely a problem in JNA. This report presents an unusual case of JNA causing airway obstruction. Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiof...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical case reports 2017-08, Vol.5 (8), p.1274-1276
Hauptverfasser: Kamiyama, Kei, Satomoto, Maiko, Minami, Kotaro, Baba, Yukiko, Makita, Koshi
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Sprache:eng
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Adolescent
Airway management
Case Report
Case Reports
difficult airway
general anesthesia
otolaryngology
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Zusammenfassung:Key Clinical Message Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) involves difficult anesthetic management because of the risk of massive bleeding, while airway management is rarely a problem in JNA. This report presents an unusual case of JNA causing airway obstruction. Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) involves difficult anesthetic management because of the risk of massive bleeding, while airway management is rarely a problem in JNA. This report presents an unusual case of JNA causing airway obstruction. The appearance of the tumor in the oral cavity may help to predict difficult airway.
ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.1056