LETTER TO EDITOR Year: 2017 Volume: 11 Issue: 3 Page: 802-803 A novel use of gum elastic bougie to manage an unanticipated difficult airway due to vallecular cyst,,, Department of Anaesthesiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India Date of Web Publication 07-Jun-2016 Correspondence Address: Sandeep Sahu Department of Anaesthesiology, Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh India Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None. DOI: 10.4103/0259-1162.183567 How to cite this article: Riaz MR, Priya V, Patro A, Sahu S. A novel use of gum elastic bougie to manage an unanticipated difficult airway due to vallecular cyst. Anesth Essays Res 2017;11:802-3 How to cite this URL: Riaz MR, Priya V, Patro A, Sahu S. A novel use of gum elastic bougie to manage an unanticipated difficult airway due to vallecular cyst. Anesth Essays Res [serial online] 2017 [cited 2018 Aug 19];11:802-3.
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Available from: Sir, Vallecular cysts are rarely seen in the adult population. The peak incidence is in the fifth decade and occurring more frequently in men. Vallecular cysts occur as a result of mucus retention at the base of the tongue. The incidence of vallecular cysts on laryngoscopy is estimated to be between 1 in 1250 and 4200. They can lead to an unanticipated difficult airway with serious ramifications if the patient requires rapid sequence induction (RSI). We are reporting a case of unanticipated difficult intubation in a 56-year-old male with asymptomatic vallecular cyst listed for emergency exploratory laparotomy for acute intestinal obstruction.