Anesthetic management of a rare case of mobile vocal cord polyp causing dynamic airway obstruction: A case report

We report the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with a mobile vocal cord lesion in combination with restricted mouth opening. Fiber-optic laryngoscopy revealed a highly mobile vocal cord lesion, moving in and out of the vocal cords with respiration. A very small tracheal lumen was visibl...

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Main Authors: Jaya Choudhary, Ankita Singh, Saikat Chakraborty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2024-10-01
Series:Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia
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Online Access:https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/sja.sja_229_24
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description We report the anesthetic management of a patient presenting with a mobile vocal cord lesion in combination with restricted mouth opening. Fiber-optic laryngoscopy revealed a highly mobile vocal cord lesion, moving in and out of the vocal cords with respiration. A very small tracheal lumen was visible posteriorly during expiration. ASA difficult airway algorithm was applied, and the patient was successfully intubated awake with a # 5 microlaryngeal tube loaded over a pediatric bronchoscope. We aim to highlight the importance of detailed preoperative evaluation, adopting difficult airway algorithms and utilization of devices, with which we have maximum expertise with some modification as the key to avoid airway-related adverse events in such patients.
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spellingShingle Jaya Choudhary
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Anesthetic management of a rare case of mobile vocal cord polyp causing dynamic airway obstruction: A case report
Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia
awake fiber-optic intubation
awake tracheal intubation
difficult airway
vocal cord polyp
title Anesthetic management of a rare case of mobile vocal cord polyp causing dynamic airway obstruction: A case report
title_full Anesthetic management of a rare case of mobile vocal cord polyp causing dynamic airway obstruction: A case report
title_fullStr Anesthetic management of a rare case of mobile vocal cord polyp causing dynamic airway obstruction: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Anesthetic management of a rare case of mobile vocal cord polyp causing dynamic airway obstruction: A case report
title_short Anesthetic management of a rare case of mobile vocal cord polyp causing dynamic airway obstruction: A case report
title_sort anesthetic management of a rare case of mobile vocal cord polyp causing dynamic airway obstruction a case report
topic awake fiber-optic intubation
awake tracheal intubation
difficult airway
vocal cord polyp
url https://journals.lww.com/10.4103/sja.sja_229_24
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