Acute Sialadenitis and Threatened Airway following Posterior Fossa Surgery

Abstract

Anesthesia mumps (also known as acute sialadenitis) is a rare postoperative complication related to extreme rotation or flexion of the head during 1 Acute sialadenitis causing acute airway obstruction and requiring emergent tra-cheostomy has not been reported in the past. We describe a case of acute submandibular and parotid sialadenitis causing acute respiratory distress after posterior fossa craniotomy for the right cerebellopontine (CP) angle lesion. Informed con-sent has been obtained from the patient for the images in this article.