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Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, Vol 28, 80-81, Copyright © 1981 by Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society

Difficult Laryngoscopy and Tracheal Intubation due to Calcified Stylohyoid Ligaments

O. O. AKINYEMI 1 and E. O. ELEGBE 1

1 Department of Anaesthesia, University College Hospital, Ibadan, Nigeria

Two cases of difficult laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation caused by calcified stylohyoid ligaments are presented. Neither patient exhibited a skin crease over the hyoid bone. It is suggested that inability to lift up the epiglottis from the posterior pharyngeal wall be taken as a more useful sign of this condition than the presence of the skin crease.

Key Words: ANATOMY; larynx • TRACHEAL INTUBATION • complications • calcified stylohyoid ligaments






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