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Lingual nerve paralysis after endobronchial ultrasound utilizing laryngeal mask airway
Samjot Singh Dhillon1, Kathleen O'Leary
1Department of Medicine, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, NY, USA. samjot.dhillon@roswellpark.org
Abstract:
A 52-year-old woman developed loss of sensation and taste in the anterior two thirds of her tongue after undergoing endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration using a laryngeal mask airway (LMA). This was believed to be due to bilateral lingual nerve injury, likely caused by stretching of tissue of the upper airway because of repetitive movements of LMA during attempts to obtain a clearer ultrasound image to direct needle insertion. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of lingual nerve injury after an endobronchial ultrasound procedure using LMA.
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