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GOMES-AZEVEDO, Bárbara Filipa; MONTE-HIPOLITO, Carla Sofia Do  e  RIBEIRO-PEREIRA, Hélder David. Lingual tonsil hypertrophy: about a case of unpredictable difficult airway. Rev. mex. anestesiol. [online]. 2022, vol.45, n.1, pp.68-70.  Epub 13-Jun-2022. ISSN 0484-7903.  https://doi.org/10.35366/102906.

Eleven years old children, proposed for resection of pylocitic astrocytoma of cerebellum, presented with lingual tonsil hypertrophy causing a unpredictable difficult airway approach. The presence of a lingual tonsil hypertrophied isn’t diagnosed most of the times, with their occurrence being associated with previous tonsillectomy in more than half of the cases. Its occurrence, and non-identification, can originate scenarios of difficult airway approach, with a higher morbility association.

Palavras-chave : Difficult airway management; lingual tonsil hypertrophy; astrocytoma.