scholarly journals Fatal Acute Upper Airway Obstruction Due to Cervical Goiter: A Rare Case Report

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-456
Author(s):  
Abhishek Yadav
2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-82
Author(s):  
Rabindra Kumar Khatua

ABSTRACT We present a case of a 10 years old child who swallowed a live fish, which resulted in severe upper airway obstruction. The child presented to the casuality with severe airway obstruction with a history of accidental slippage of a live Koi fish into the throat. He was restless, dysphasic, dyspneic, typically placing his hands in front of his neck. On physical examination, there was suprasternal retraction and bilateral decreased breath sound. Direct laryngoscopy was done and fish was removed from hypopharynx as an emergency procedure. We outline our emergency airway management strategies and focus our discussion on the technique used to remove the impacted fish from the upper airway, which was paramount for the successful outcome of this case. How to cite this article Khatua RK. Fish in Hypopharynx: A Rare Case Report. Int J Otorhinolaryngol Clin 2015;7(2):81-82.


2010 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-22
Author(s):  
Cristina S. Nieves ◽  
Rubiliza D. Onofre ◽  
Fortuna Corazon A. Aberin-Roldan ◽  
Rene Louie C. Gutierrez

Objective:  To report a rare case of upper airway obstruction from multiple pharyngeal masses due to nasopharyngeal tuberculosis in a 22-year-old male. Methods: Design:  Case Report Setting:  Tertiary Government Hospital Patient:  One   Result: A 22-year-old Filipino male with upper airway obstruction from multiple pharyngeal masses was diagnosed to have nasopharyngeal tuberculosis by histopathology. He improved after six months of anti-tuberculosis medications. Conclusion: Tuberculosis should not be overlooked in the differential diagnoses of nasopharyngeal masses because of the difference in its management, and swift and adequate cure, compared to other nasopharyngeal pathologies. Keywords:  tuberculosis, nasopharynx, mycobacteria, hypopharyngeal mass, upper airway obstruction


1989 ◽  
Vol 297 (3) ◽  
pp. 176-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Chiriboga ◽  
John Oropello ◽  
Krishnan Padmanabhan ◽  
Joel M. Goldman

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-48
Author(s):  
Sonam Gyamtsho

Introduction: Infants and children are very prone to air way obstruction due to smaller and immature air ways. There are multiple causes of upper airway obstruction in infants like infections, congenital lesions and rarely tumours of the upper airway. However, angiofibrolipoma, a rare variant of lipoma causing intermittent respiratory distress in an infant has not been reported until now. Objective: To report a very rare case of angiofibrolipoma arising from the soft palate in an infant. Case report: Two and half months old female child reported to the department of otolaryngology with a history of intermittent airway obstruction since one month of age. After evaluation she was found to have a fleshy polypoidal mass above the laryngeal inlet arising from soft palate causing airway compromise. She underwent surgical excison with bipolar cautery under general anaesthesia. Conclusion: Few cases of angiofibrolipoma has been reported in adults but none has been reported in children. This is to report a case of angiofibrolipoma in child causing airway obstruction.


Author(s):  
Janice Wang ◽  
Astha Chichra ◽  
Seth Koenig

We present a rare cause of hypercapneic respiratory failure through this case report of a 72-year-old man presenting with progressive dyspnea and dysphagia over two years. Hypercapneic respiratory failure was acute on chronic in nature without an obvious etiology. Extensive workup for intrinsic pulmonary disease and neurologic causes were negative. Laryngoscopy and diagnostic imaging confirmed the diagnosis of diffuse idiopathic skeletal hyperostosis, also known as DISH, as the cause of upper airway obstruction leading to hypercapneic respiratory failure.


2018 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-41
Author(s):  
Iulia Szabo ◽  
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Cristina Tiple ◽  
Magdalena Chirila ◽  
Simona Rednic ◽  
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2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 226
Author(s):  
Lo Ren Hui ◽  
Fairuz Mohd Ibrahim ◽  
Khairudin Abdullah ◽  
Nasriah Ahmad ◽  
Fazilah Hassan ◽  
...  

Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma (ATC) is uncommon but deadly. It is typically presented with fast growing neck mass, hoarseness or dysphagia. We report an extremely rare presentation of ATC in an elderly lady, with expanding ecchymosis involving laryngopharynx, neck and upper chest region, which causing upper airway obstruction. The rarity of presentation and the management dilemma were discussed.International Journal of Human and Health Sciences Vol. 04 No. 03 July’20 Page : 226-228


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