Management of compromised airway due to unusual presentation of cystic hygroma.
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.
Ishaq
Muhammad
M
Department of Anaesthesia, Aga Khan University Hospital, Karachi.
Minhas
Muhammad Raheel
MR
Hamid
Muhammad
M
Punjwani
Rashid
R
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