Sevoflurane in acute airway obstruction

Aerophagia resulting in acute airway obstruction.

Internal laryngopyocele presenting as acute airway obstruction.

A laryngopyocele forms when a laryngocele becomes infected and fills with mucopus. We report a case of an internal larngopyocele that presented as airway obstruction in a 34-year-old man; such a presenting sign is exceedingly rare. We also review the anatomy, etiology, and clinical course of the different types of laryngoceles.

Parapharyngeal tumor presenting as acute airway obstruction.

Tumors of the parapharyngeal space account for 0.5% of head and neck neoplasms. The parapharyngeal space is actually a potential space located lateral to the upper pharvnx. This bilateral fat containing region extends from the skull base to the hyoid bone. The parapharyngeal space is further compartmentalized by thick fascial layers that direct tumor growth. Among the salivary gland neoplasms, ...

Acute airway obstruction--an unusual cause.

A 69 year old woman arrived in the emergency department after a collapse at home. The ambulance crew found her in a low cardiac output state, unresponsive other than to painful stimulation. On arrival she was brady-cardic, hypotensive, and deeply cyanosed. Ventilation by means of a bag-and-mask system could not be achieved; she was therefore intu-bated. Her condition improved after atropine 0.6...

Pulse steroid therapy in acute airway obstruction in relapsing polychondritis

We report a case of a 58-year old man diagnosed with RP in accordance with the modified diagnostic criteria of Damiani and Levine, whose clinical features included a severe respiratory tract chondritis. He was initially treated with NSAID and intramuscular methylprednisolone. Four weeks later a lack of response to the treatment and progressive respiratory involvement resulted in shifting him to...