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Case Reports
. 2021 Sep;56(9):3047-3050.
doi: 10.1002/ppul.25515. Epub 2021 Jun 29.

Pediatric tracheostomy surveillance

James A Leonard  1 , Ishwarya S Mamidi  2 , Pamela Mudd  3 , Alexandra Espinel  3
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Case Reports

Pediatric tracheostomy surveillance

James A Leonard et al. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021 Sep.

Abstract

We report an unusual case of a 14-month-old ex-28 week, ventilator-dependent male with a history of bronchopulmonary dysplasia and tracheostomy at 2 months of age. Lost to follow-up, at age 9 months, he presented to the emergency department with worsening respiratory distress. The patient was taken to the operating room at which time direct visualization of the airway demonstrated a mass filling the entire glottic inlet without supraglottic or pharyngeal mucosal attachments. The solid, nonvascular, mass appeared to be emanating from a suprastomal site. Excision proved to relieve the airway obstruction and postoperatively the patient has thrived.

Keywords: airway; granuloma; obstruction; pediatric; tracheostomy.

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