AUTHOR=Soghomonyan Suren , Fleming Qian , Bhandary Sujatha P. 

TITLE=Case Report: Post-operative Angioedema After a Laryngeal Mask Airway Application

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Medicine

VOLUME=8

YEAR=2021

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/medicine/articles/10.3389/fmed.2021.566100

DOI=10.3389/fmed.2021.566100

ISSN=2296-858X

ABSTRACT=<p>Angioedema with macroglossia is a rare complication of anesthesia. We present a clinical case of post-operative development of angioedema presenting as macroglossia in a patient receiving chronic therapy with lisinopril, who developed symptoms in the early post-operative period following surgery in a lateral position, when a laryngeal mask airway was used. Possible mechanisms of angioedema and macroglossia development in our patient are discussed along with potential underlying predisposing mechanisms and available therapeutic approaches.</p>