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. 2010 Jan-Jun;4(1):46-8.
doi: 10.4103/0259-1162.69314.

Induction of anesthesia in a case of impossible mask ventilation

Amit Jain  1 , Nidhi B Panda  1 , Pawan Kumar  1
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Induction of anesthesia in a case of impossible mask ventilation

Amit Jain et al. Anesth Essays Res. 2010 Jan-Jun.
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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
A 10 × 10 cm swelling occupying whole of the left cheek, superiorly, extending up to medial canthus and zygomatic arch; medially, causing obliteration of left nasal passage and marked deviation of nasal septum to the right. The patient could not close the mouth completely due to the intraoral extension of mass.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Arrow pointing 5 × 5 cm mass bulging inferiorly from the palate into the oral cavity and occupying left upper alveolus from central incisor to 3rd molar tooth
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