Pharyngeal teratoma.
A 30-week newborn patient presented with acute respiratory obstruction due to a large pharyngeal teratoma. At laryngoscopy 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.
Moriarty
A J
AJ
Department of Anaesthesia, Norfolk and Norwich Hospital.
McEwan
I P
IP
D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D004947:Esophagus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007235:Infant, Premature, Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D007440:Intubation; D010610:Pharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013724:Teratoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*