<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD JATS (Z39.96) Journal Publishing DTD v1.2d1 20170631//EN" "JATS-journalpublishing1.dtd"> <ArticleSet> <Article> <Journal> <PublisherName>jmedicalcasereports</PublisherName> <JournalTitle>Frontiers in Medical Case Reports</JournalTitle> <PISSN>I</PISSN> <EISSN>S</EISSN> <Volume-Issue>Volume 5; Issue 5</Volume-Issue> <PartNumber/> <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic> <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage> <Season>(Sep-Oct, 2024)</Season> <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue> <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue> <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA> <PubDate> <Year>-0001</Year> <Month>11</Month> <Day>30</Day> </PubDate> <ArticleType>Medical Case Reports</ArticleType> <ArticleTitle>Progressing Airway Obstruction with A Simple Vallecular Cyst-Definitive Airway Challenge</ArticleTitle> <SubTitle/> <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage> <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA> <FirstPage>1</FirstPage> <LastPage>5</LastPage> <AuthorList> <Author> <FirstName>Priyadharshini</FirstName> <LastName>P</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Krishna Prasad</FirstName> <LastName>T</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Jagan</FirstName> <LastName>G</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> <FirstName>Dhinesh Kumar</FirstName> <LastName>C</LastName> <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage> <Affiliation/> <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor> <ORCID/> </Author> </AuthorList> <DOI/> <Abstract>Vallecular cysts, though uncommon, can lead to severe complications in an anesthetised patient if airway management is mishandled. We present a case of challenging intubation in a 65-year-old man with a vallecular cyst and outline the techniques and strategies employed to achieve successful awake intubation using a fiberoptic bronchoscope.</Abstract> <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage> <Keywords>Awake Intubation,Fibreoptic Intubation,Difficult Airway,Vallecular Cyst</Keywords> <URLs> <Abstract>https://www.jmedicalcasereports.org/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=15409&title=Progressing Airway Obstruction with A Simple Vallecular Cyst-Definitive Airway Challenge</Abstract> </URLs> <References> <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle> <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage> <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage> <References>Abou Zeid HA, Arab SA, Al-Ghamdi AM, Al-Qurain AA, Mokhazy KM. Airway management of a rare huge-size supraglottic mass. Saudi Med J 2006; 27: 711-713. Alharbi SM, Alahmari M, Al Hamoud M, Al Malwi K, Abujamilah H. Successful Management of a Symptomatic Vallecular Cyst in an Adult: A Case Report. Cureus 2023; 15: e41829. Jain A. Improvised Anesthetic Management of a Large Pedunculate Mobile Growth At The Base Of Tongue: A Unique Scenario. J Anesth Surg Care 2019; 1: 1-3. Jayaram K, Gurajala I, Diddi S, Ramachandran G. Unrecognized epiglottic cyst: Cause of difficult mask ventilation. J Anaesthesiol Clin Pharmacol 2015; 31: 566-567. Takahara Y, Tanaka T, Nojiri M, Shinomiya S, Yamada S, Mizuno S. Laryngeal papilloma-induced chronic airway obstruction: A case report. Respir Med Case Rep 2022; 36: 101607. Varathan V, Mat Baki M, Kalimuthu S. A Case Report of an Unusual Presentation of Epiglottic Cyst Causing Airway Obstruction in an Adult. Cureus 2023; 15: e35863. Wagh HD. Successful anesthetic management of a large supraglottic cyst. Saudi J Anaesth 2014; 8: 432-433. Zhang Q, Zhang C, Yin Y. Emergency treatment of airway obstruction caused by a laryngeal neuroendocrine tumor: A case report. Medicine (Baltimore) 2023; 102: e33081.</References> </References> </Journal> </Article> </ArticleSet>