Anesthesia Management in an Edentulous Patient with Huge Parotid Tumour: Case Report

Manjunatha S Munivenkatappa; Sudha Rani Kondi; Bhaskar Bhaskar; Dayanand V Parvathamma

doi:10.18502/aacc.v10i1.14780

Manjunatha S Munivenkatappa Department of Anesthesiology, Bangalore Medical Colllege and Research Institute, Bengaluru, India.
Sudha Rani Kondi Department of Anesthesiology, Bangalore Medical Colllege and Research Institute, Bengaluru, India.
Bhaskar Bhaskar Department of Anesthesiology, Bangalore Medical Colllege and Research Institute, Bengaluru, India.
Dayanand V Parvathamma Department of Anesthesiology, Bangalore Medical Colllege and Research Institute, Bengaluru, India.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/aacc.v10i1.14780

Keywords: Difficult airway; Edentulous; Head and neck tumor; Pleomorphic adenoma; Parotid tumor

Abstract

Huge head and neck tumors are known to cause difficult ventilation and difficult intubation. Edentulous mouth can result in difficult mask ventilation. Head and neck tumor resections can also present hemodynamic challenge, due to their proximity to large vessels.

We herein report a clinical case of difficult ventilation due to large parotid tumor in an edentulous patient.