Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2002
Abstract
We describe what we believe is the first reported case of a sublingual hematoma secondary to severe hypertension. The patient, a 77-year-old woman, experienced a spontaneous hematoma of the floor of the mouth, tongue, and sublingual space that eventually caused an airway obstruction. We performed an emergency tracheostomy under local anesthesia and then evacuated the hematoma through an incision along the floor of the mouth. The patient recovered uneventfully.
Keywords
Aged airway obstruction article case report clinical feature emergency surgery female hematoma human hypertension local anesthesia mouth symptom tongue disease tracheostomy Emergencies Follow-Up Studies Risk Assessment Severity of Illness Index Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tongue Diseases Treatment Outcome
Divisions
OralMaxillofacialSurgery
Publication Title
Ear, Nose & Throat Journal
Volume
81
Issue
8
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Additional Information
Cited By (since 1996): 5 Export Date: 4 September 2012 Source: Scopus CODEN: ENTJD Language of Original Document: English Correspondence Address: Prepageran, N.; Department of Otolaryngology, University of Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia; email: prepageran@yahoo.com References: Cohen, A.F., Warman, S.P., Upper airway obstruction secondary to warfarin-induced sublingual hematoma (1989) Arch Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg, 115, pp. 718-720; Hing, N.R., Bowler, M.D., Byth, P.L., Daly, C.G., Lingual haematoma leading to upper airway obstruction (1985) Br J Oral Maxillofac Surg, 23, pp. 322-325; Kattan, B., Snyder, H.S., Lingual artery hematoma resulting in upper airway obstruction (1991) J Emerg Med, 9, pp. 421-424; Chase, C.R., Hebert, J.C., Farnham, J.E., Post-traumatic upper airway obstruction secondary to a lingual artery hematoma (1987) J Trauma, 27, pp. 953-954; Ng, K.P., Lingual haematoma: Yet another unusual cause of upper airway obstruction (1998) Med J Malaysia, 53, pp. 112-114