title: Esophageal polyp as a posterior mediastinal mass: Intraoperative dynamic airway obstruction requiring emergency tracheostomy.
abstract: Anesthesia in the presence of a mediastinal mass is difficult and challenging as the mass can involve or compress the heart, great vessels, tracheo-bronchial tree and the surrounding structures. We describe a case of severe tracheo-bronchial obstruction requiring emergency tracheostomy during the intraoperative period after an uneventful induction of anesthesia in a patient with a large esophageal polyp presenting as a posterior mediastinal mass.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Suvadeep
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Anjolie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chhabra
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia, Max Superspeciality Hospital, Saket, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Arpita
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ganguly
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Dalim Kumar
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Baidya
keywords: Intraoperative dynamic airway obstruction; large esophageal polyp; posterior mediastinal mass