[Tracheal compression caused by a paratracheal cyst: a rare cause of fatal airway obstruction].
We report on a previously asymptomatic paratracheal cyst leading to an acute airway obstruction. The possibility of clinical misinterpretation of this rare, congenital malformation is emphasised.
D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000473:pathology*; D001237:Asphyxia / Q000473:pathology; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D006042:Goiter / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000473:pathology; D013965:Thyroidectomy; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000473:pathology*
Trachealkompression durch eine paratracheale Zyste: Seltene Ursache einer letalen Atemwegsobstruktion.