A Case of General Anesthesia for a Young Infant in Whom Intubation Was Suspected to Be Difficult Because of a Thyrolingual Cyst

Tomoyasu Noguchi; Noriko Miyazawa; Nami Ooyama; Tatsuya Ichinohe

doi:10.2344/anpr-65-02-04

A Case of General Anesthesia for a Young Infant in Whom Intubation Was Suspected to Be Difficult Because of a Thyrolingual Cyst

Anesth Prog. 2018 Summer;65(2):127-128. doi: 10.2344/anpr-65-02-04.

Authors

Tomoyasu Noguchi¹, Noriko Miyazawa², Nami Ooyama², Tatsuya Ichinohe¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Dental Anesthesiology, Tokyo Dental College, Tokyo, Japan.
² Department of Anesthesiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Children's Medical Center, Tokyo, Japan.

Abstract

This is a case report of an infant who underwent thyrolingual cystectomy under general anesthesia. Two tracheal tubes were used: 1 for nasopharyngeal airway and the other for fiberoptic intubation. With this method, nasal intubation was successfully performed without hypoxia and hypercapnia even in a 3-month-old infant. We concluded this is a useful intubation method for infants who are predicted to be a difficult intubation.

Keywords: Difficult intubation; Infant; Nasal fiberoptic intubation; Nasopharyngeal ventilation; Thyrolingual cyst.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anesthesia, General / methods*
Fiber Optic Technology / instrumentation*
Humans
Infant
Intubation, Intratracheal / instrumentation*
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Respiration, Artificial / instrumentation*
Thyroglossal Cyst / diagnostic imaging
Thyroglossal Cyst / surgery*
Treatment Outcome