title: [Respiratory failure caused by megaesophagus and tracheomalacia].
abstract: We report a case of acute respiratory failure in an 83-year-old woman suffering from a megaoesophagus compressing the posterior tracheal wall. Naso-oesophageal aspiration did not allow tracheal extubation because of associated tracheomalacia. Treatment included tracheostomy and decrease of cardial tonus by administration of botulinic toxin, after weaning from mechanical ventilation.
authors.affiliation: Département d'anesthésie-réanimation B, CHU, Amiens, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Galan
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Faure
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tinturier
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ossart
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D004931:Esophageal Achalasia / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000150:complications*