Anesth Pain Med.  2010 Jan;5(1):92-94.

Incidentally detected laryngeal granuloma during orotracheal intubation under direct laryngoscope: A case report

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  • 1Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. acoolcat@freechal.com

Abstract

Intubation granuloma is a delayed complication of endotracheal intubation in adults.The most frequent complaint of the patient with laryngeal granuloma is hoarseness and the most common location of the granuloma is the vocal process of arytenoid cartilage.We report a female patient with incidentally detected granuloma during endotracheal intubation who had no preoperative vocal symptoms.

Keyword

Granuloma; Intubation; Laryngeal

MeSH Terms

Female
Granuloma
Granuloma, Laryngeal
Hoarseness
Humans
Intubation
Intubation, Intratracheal
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