title: Post extubation negative pressure pulmonary edema due to posterior mediastinal cyst in an infant.
abstract: A 3-month-old male child underwent uneventful inguinal herniotomy under general anesthesia. After extubation, airway obstruction followed by pulmonary edema appeared for which the baby was reintubated and ventilated. The baby made a complete recovery and extubated after about 2 h. A post-operative computed tomography scan revealed a posterior mediastinal cystic mass abutting the tracheal bifurcation. Presumably, extrinsic compression by the mass on the tracheal bifurcation led to the development of negative pressure pulmonary edema.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Sheikhpura, Patna, Bihar, India.
authors.forename: Prakash Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Dubey
mesh_terms: D060666:Airway Extubation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000009:adverse effects; D059685:Herniorrhaphy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology