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Pharyngeal teratoma
Author(s) -
MORIARTY A. J.,
McEWAN I. P.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1993.tb07594.x
Subject(s) - medicine , laryngoscopy , airway obstruction , larynx , teratoma , surgery , tracheal tube , intubation , airway
Summary A 30‐week newborn patient presented with acute respiratory obstruction due to a large pharyngeal teratoma. At taryngoscopy no view of the larynx was obtained, and a tracheal tube was unintentionally passed blindly into the oesophagus. This relieved the obstruction by anterior displacement of the mass.