Pediatric tracheostomy surveillance.
Pediatric tracheostomy surveillance.
- 2021
We report an unusual case of a 14-month-old ex-28 week, ventilator-dependent male with a history of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and tracheostomy at 2 months of age. Lost to follow-up, at age 9 months, he presented to the emergency department with worsening respiratory distress. The patient was taken to the operating room at which time direct visualization of the airway demonstrated a mass filling the entire glottic inlet without supraglottic or pharyngeal mucosal attachments. The solid, nonvascular, mass appeared to be emanating from a suprastomal site. Excision proved to relieve the airway obstruction and postoperatively the patient has thrived. Copyright (c) 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
English
10.1002/ppul.25515 [doi]
*Airway Obstruction
*Tracheostomy
Airway Obstruction/et [Etiology]
Airway Obstruction/su [Surgery]
Child
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Otolaryngology Residency
Case Reports
We report an unusual case of a 14-month-old ex-28 week, ventilator-dependent male with a history of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and tracheostomy at 2 months of age. Lost to follow-up, at age 9 months, he presented to the emergency department with worsening respiratory distress. The patient was taken to the operating room at which time direct visualization of the airway demonstrated a mass filling the entire glottic inlet without supraglottic or pharyngeal mucosal attachments. The solid, nonvascular, mass appeared to be emanating from a suprastomal site. Excision proved to relieve the airway obstruction and postoperatively the patient has thrived. Copyright (c) 2021 Wiley Periodicals LLC.
English
10.1002/ppul.25515 [doi]
*Airway Obstruction
*Tracheostomy
Airway Obstruction/et [Etiology]
Airway Obstruction/su [Surgery]
Child
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Male
MedStar Washington Hospital Center
Otolaryngology Residency
Case Reports