Life-threatening upper airway obstruction in a child caused by retropharyngeal emphysema.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
A 2 1/2-year-old boy with acute obstructive lung disease from adenovirus infection developed cough-induced paroxysms of intense dyspnoea leading to respiratory failure. Chest x-ray and fluoroscopy demonstrated retropharyngeal air occluding the airway. The clinical management of this and similar air-leak problems is discussed.
Medical subject headings
- Airway Obstruction
- Mediastinal Emphysema