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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Main Authors: | Mickael Aubignat, Pierre-Alexandre Roger, Amandine Dernoncourt, Valery Salle, Amar Smail, Clement Gourguechon, Jean Schmidt, Pierre Duhaut |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2020-01-01
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Series: | Case Reports in Pulmonology |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2020/5946985 |
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