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The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2006 Incomplete vascular ring is a rare congenital vascular anomaly causing tracheal compression. A case of anomalous innominate artery causing tracheal compression and low grade tracheomalacia with remarkable dyspnea and intermittent apnea in a five ...
Yusuf Kenan Yalçinbaş +4 more
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Aneurisma del tronco braquiocefálico con compresión de vía aérea
Galicia Clínica, 2021 Brachiocephalic trunk (BCT) aneurysms are rare but very important since they pose a significant threat to life and limbs due to the risk of rupture, embolization, or compression of the adjacent structures.
, Gabriel Atanasio, Maria Ana Canelas
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Tracheal compression: a late complication of plombage [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2012 Plombage, or extrapulmonary thoracoplasty, is the use of exogenous material to treat localised lung pathology. It was initially described by Tuffier as early as 1891. It was introduced in Britain in the late 1940s when the epidemic spread of tuberculosis combined with a lack of antituberculous drugs led to a vogue for surgical procedures to treat ...
Zoe Elizabeth, Barber +2 more
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Anesthesia for massive retrosternal goiter with severe intrathoracic tracheal narrowing: the challenges imposed -A case report- [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2012 Anesthetic management of patients with mediastinal masses remains challenging as acute cardiorespiratory decompensation may follow induction of anesthesia.
Peter Chee Seong Tan, Norzalina Esa
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Pre-epithelialized cryopreserved tracheal allograft for neo-trachea flap engineering
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, 2023 Background: Tracheal reconstruction presents a challenge because of the difficulty in maintaining the rigidity of the trachea to ensure an open lumen and in achieving an intact luminal lining that secretes mucus to protect against infection.Methods: On ...
Ning Zeng +8 more
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Benign cervical multi-nodular goiter presenting with acute airway obstruction: a case report
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2010 Introduction Benign cervical goiters rarely cause acute airway obstruction. Case presentation We report the case of a 64-year-old woman of African descent who presented with acute shortness of breath.
Sharma Anu +2 more
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Eurasian Journal of Medicine, 2019 Achalasia is a primary esophageal motility disorder characterized by the absence of primary peristalsis and a failure of the lower esophageal sphincter to relax, resulting in a dilated esophagus.
Berhan Genc +3 more
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JRSM Open, 2023 Pulmonary artery sling (PAS) is a rare congenital condition, in which the left pulmonary artery (LPA) originates from the right pulmonary artery instead of the main pulmonary artery.
Michelle Lee +3 more
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Dynamic Ultrasound Assessment of Airway: A Novel Approach in a Patient with Goitre
Airway, 2019 A 31-year-old female with bilateral neck swelling causing tracheal narrowing and deviation of trachea to the left side was posted for total thyroidectomy.
Debendra Kumar Tripathy +3 more
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Successful Repair of a Left Pulmonary Artery Sling in an Adult With Airway Obstruction
Annals of Thoracic Surgery Short ReportsLeft pulmonary artery (LPA) sling is a rare congenital vascular anomaly that typically manifests in infancy with symptomatic tracheal and esophageal compression. Unrepaired patients are rarely encountered in adulthood.
Matthew D. Warren, MD +4 more
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