Acute Airway Obstruction and Cardiopulmonary Arrest due to Tracheomalacia Caused by Megaesophagus Compression Secondary to Achalasia
We report the case of an 80-year-old woman who presented one episode of cardiopulmonary arrest and two episodes of acute airway obstruction. We found in this patient the presence of tracheomalacia caused by megaesophagus compression secondary to achalasia probably responsible for episodes of acute a...
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| author | Mickael Aubignat Pierre-Alexandre Roger Amandine Dernoncourt Valery Salle Amar Smail Clement Gourguechon Jean Schmidt Pierre Duhaut |
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| description | We report the case of an 80-year-old woman who presented one episode of cardiopulmonary arrest and two episodes of acute airway obstruction. We found in this patient the presence of tracheomalacia caused by megaesophagus compression secondary to achalasia probably responsible for episodes of acute airway obstruction and cardiopulmonary arrest. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-b10ac18d8dc747f3a88b096410c536032025-02-03T05:51:46ZengWileyCase Reports in Pulmonology2090-68462090-68542020-01-01202010.1155/2020/59469855946985Acute Airway Obstruction and Cardiopulmonary Arrest due to Tracheomalacia Caused by Megaesophagus Compression Secondary to AchalasiaMickael Aubignat0Pierre-Alexandre Roger1Amandine Dernoncourt2Valery Salle3Amar Smail4Clement Gourguechon5Jean Schmidt6Pierre Duhaut7Department of Internal Medicine, Amiens University Hospital, FranceDepartment of Respiratory Diseases and Intensive Care Unit, Amiens University Hospital, FranceDepartment of Internal Medicine, Amiens University Hospital, FranceDepartment of Internal Medicine, Amiens University Hospital, FranceDepartment of Internal Medicine, Amiens University Hospital, FranceDepartment of Internal Medicine, Amiens University Hospital, FranceDepartment of Internal Medicine, Amiens University Hospital, FranceDepartment of Internal Medicine, Amiens University Hospital, FranceWe report the case of an 80-year-old woman who presented one episode of cardiopulmonary arrest and two episodes of acute airway obstruction. We found in this patient the presence of tracheomalacia caused by megaesophagus compression secondary to achalasia probably responsible for episodes of acute airway obstruction and cardiopulmonary arrest.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5946985 |
| spellingShingle | Mickael Aubignat Pierre-Alexandre Roger Amandine Dernoncourt Valery Salle Amar Smail Clement Gourguechon Jean Schmidt Pierre Duhaut Acute Airway Obstruction and Cardiopulmonary Arrest due to Tracheomalacia Caused by Megaesophagus Compression Secondary to Achalasia Case Reports in Pulmonology |
| title | Acute Airway Obstruction and Cardiopulmonary Arrest due to Tracheomalacia Caused by Megaesophagus Compression Secondary to Achalasia |
| title_full | Acute Airway Obstruction and Cardiopulmonary Arrest due to Tracheomalacia Caused by Megaesophagus Compression Secondary to Achalasia |
| title_fullStr | Acute Airway Obstruction and Cardiopulmonary Arrest due to Tracheomalacia Caused by Megaesophagus Compression Secondary to Achalasia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Acute Airway Obstruction and Cardiopulmonary Arrest due to Tracheomalacia Caused by Megaesophagus Compression Secondary to Achalasia |
| title_short | Acute Airway Obstruction and Cardiopulmonary Arrest due to Tracheomalacia Caused by Megaesophagus Compression Secondary to Achalasia |
| title_sort | acute airway obstruction and cardiopulmonary arrest due to tracheomalacia caused by megaesophagus compression secondary to achalasia |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5946985 |
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