tailieunhanh - Báo cáo y học: "Massive facial edema and airway obstruction secondary to acute postoperative sialadenitis or “anesthesia "

Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Massive facial edema and airway obstruction secondary to acute postoperative sialadenitis or “anesthesia | JOURNAL OF MEDICAL Sr CASE REPORTS Case report Massive facial edema and airway obstruction secondary to acute postoperative sialadenitis or anesthesia mumps a case report Franco Cavaliere1 Giorgio Conti1 Maria Giuseppina Annetta1 Angelo Greco1 Alessandro Cina2 and Rodolfo Proietti1 Address institute of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Largo Gemelli 8 00168 Rome Italy and 2Institute of Radiology Catholic University of the Sacred Heart Largo Gemelli 8 00168 Rome Italy Email FC - GC - MGA - mgannetta@ AG - angelo_greco80@ AC - RP - Corresponding author Open Access Published 29 April 2009 Received 31 January 2008 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2009 3 7073 doi 1752-1947-3-7073 Accepted 5 April 2009 This article is available from http jmedicalcasereports article view 3 4 7073 2009 Cavaliere et al licensee Cases Network Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction A case of massive facial edema and airway obstruction secondary to an acute sialadenitis is described that occurred a few hours after a neurosurgical procedure performed in the prone position. Literature on this topic is reviewed. Case presentation A 73-year-old Caucasian woman underwent a right parieto-occipital craniotomy to remove a meningioma. The procedure was performed in the prone position and lasted for 7 hours. One hour after the end of surgery left submandibular gland swelling was clearly visible and in a few hours she developed massive facial edema. Imaging computed tomography and magnetic resonance showed inflammatory swelling of the submandibular and parotid glands and of the .