title: Management of compromised airway due to unusual presentation of cystic hygroma.
abstract: The successful management of a unique case of huge cystic hygroma in a fourteen month old child who presented in the emergency room with severe respiratory distress as a result of nearly almost complete upper airway obstruction, is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ishaq
authors.forename: Muhammad Raheel
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Minhas
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hamid
authors.forename: Rashid
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Punjwani
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D018191:Lymphangioma, Cystic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male