Open AccessLingual Nerve Paralysis After Endobronchial Ultrasound Utilizing Laryngeal Mask Airway
Author(s) -
Samjot Singh Dhillon,
Kathleen A. O’Leary
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0b013e318241414a
Subject(s) - medicine , laryngeal mask airway , airway , tongue , ultrasound , laryngeal masks , larynx , paralysis , surgery , sensation , recurrent laryngeal nerve , radiology , pathology , thyroid , neuroscience , biology
A 52-year-old woman developed loss of sensation and taste in the anterior two thirds of her tongue after undergoing endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration using a laryngeal mask airway (LMA). This was believed to be due to bilateral lingual nerve injury, likely caused by stretching of tissue of the upper airway because of repetitive movements of LMA during attempts to obtain a clearer ultrasound image to direct needle insertion. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of lingual nerve injury after an endobronchial ultrasound procedure using LMA.