Anaesthetic management of a child having congenital macroglossia with mandibular deformity

Summary 

Securing the airway is vital in the management of anaesthesia administration. Patients with difficult airway are extremely challenging. Paediatric tongue lesions represent 2.4% of all paediatric oral and maxillofacial lesions. Most lesions are benign and include various local neoplasms, solid tumors, cysts, polyps and diffuse hypertrophy. We present a case of a 7-year-old child having congenital macroglossia with mandibular deformity due to malocclusion, admitted for reduction glossectomy. It was predicted to be a difficult intubation and it was successfully achieved by blind nasal technique.

Keywords: Mouth opening, restricted, Macroglossia, Intubation, nasotracheal, Technique, blind