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Apparent massive tongue swelling A complication of orotracheal intubation on the Intensive Care Unit
Author(s) -
HUEHNS T. Y.,
YENTIS S. M.,
CUMBERWORTH V.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1994.tb03476.x
Subject(s) - medicine , orotracheal intubation , intubation , complication , intensive care unit , tongue , surgery , anesthesia , intensive care medicine , pathology
Summary The trachea of an 81‐year‐old woman was intubated with an orotracheal tube for emergency abdominal surgery and the tube was left in place for postoperative management on the Intensive Care Unit. After 36 h, she developed apparent massive tongue swelling. On closer examination, a normal sized tongue was found to be displaced by oedema of the floor of the mouth and submandibular space, secondary to purulent sialadenitis from right submandibular duct obstruction by the tracheal tube.