Oro-facial dysmorphism with visible glossoepiglottic fold in a heteropagus: First description

Abstract

A 6-day-old term male baby weighing 3.6 kg was brought to our institute with the complaints of a foetus like mass protruding from his tongue and difficulty in feeding. [3] Visualisation of epiglottis upon mouth opening and protrusion of tongue, i.e. Mallampati Class zero airway, is associated with easy intubation in paediatric age group and possibly the 5-year-old boy described by Mehta et al. is the youngest reported to have Class zero airway.