Pediatr Emerg Med J.  2024 Jan;11(1):48-50. 10.22470/pemj.2023.00717.

A non-invasive and simple method of rescuing an entrapped tongue from a glass water bottle for a small state hospital: a case report

• Oral H
• Mert L
• Köktürk B

• KMID: 2549540
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.22470/pemj.2023.00717

Abstract

If children try to vigorously drink fluid from a glass bottle or play with it, their tongues can be entrapped in the bottle wherein the vacuum is created. The entrapped tongue causes lingual edema, leading to the lingual necrosis and upper airway obstruction. In this case, a 5-year-old boy whose tongue was entrapped in a glass bottle visited the emergency department of a small state hospital, where his tongue was removed non-invasively by applying positive pressure into the bottle.

Keyword

Airway Obstruction; Edema; Necrosis; Positive-Pressure Respiration; Tongue

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  Fig. 1. Edematous and ecchymotic state of the boy’s tongue entrapped in the bottle. His legal guardian provided written consent for this case report and the publication of accompanying clinical photographs.

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  Fig. 2. Resolution of the lingual edema and ecchymosis 2 hours after the reduction. His legal guardian provided written consent for this case report and the publication of accompanying clinical photographs.

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