Cystic hygroma: Anaesthetic considerations in emergency excision

Autor: I M Chukwu, J Ojebo, F O Omosofe, N P Edomwonyi
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Nigerian Journal of Medicine, Vol 29, Iss 1, Pp 166-168 (2020)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1115-2613
DOI: 10.4103/1115-2613.284882
Popis: This is a case report of an 8-month-old male who presented with right huge infected haemorrhagic cystic hygroma with airway obstruction and pharyngotonsillitis. Right cystic hygroma was diagnosed at 3 months of age but was managed conservatively until he fell from a height and traumatized the tumour which rapidly increased in size and resulted in airway obstruction necessitating emergency excision. The excision was done under general anaesthesia with intermittent positive pressure ventilation and muscle relaxation. He was subsequently transferred to the intensive care unit with the endotracheal tube in-situ and mechanically ventilated for 3 days. The patient was thereafter extubated and discharged to the ward on the 5[th] day in good clinical condition.
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