title: Anesthetic management of a patient with tracheal neurofibroma.
abstract: A 43-year-old man with neurofibromatosis and tracheal neurofibroma of the mid-trachea and respiratory difficulty was brought to the operating room for tracheostomy. After talking to the surgeons and viewing the computerized axial tomography, tracheal intubation was done under local anesthesia. Then, general anesthesia was provided for biopsy and debulking of the tumor, followed by tracheostomy. The patient had a number of surgeries later and the trachea was decannulated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesia, Roudebush V.A. Medical Center, Indiana University Medical School, Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. Sreenivasa.Moorthy@med.va.gov
authors.forename: Sreenivasa S
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Moorthy
authors.forename: Shokri
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Radpour
authors.forename: Edward C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Weisberger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000601:surgery*; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D014139:Tracheostomy / Q000379:methods*