Cystic hygroma: anesthetic considerations and review

Cystic hygroma (CH) in the cervical region presents as a challenge to the anesthetist. The anaesthetic difficulties are usually associated with CH because of tumor extension into the mouth, airway management, thoracic extension, hemorrhage, involvement of pretracheal region, Post operative respirato...

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Main Authors: Esmaeili, Mohammad Reza Haji, Razavi, Seyed Soheil Ben, Harofteh, Hamid Reza Abbasi, Tabatabaii, Seyed Mahmood, Hosseini, Habib Allah, Sheikhi, Mohammad Ali
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Language:English
Published: Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2009
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3129060/
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spelling pubmed-31290602011-07-19 Cystic hygroma: anesthetic considerations and review Esmaeili, Mohammad Reza Haji Razavi, Seyed Soheil Ben Harofteh, Hamid Reza Abbasi Tabatabaii, Seyed Mahmood Hosseini, Habib Allah Sheikhi, Mohammad Ali Case Report Cystic hygroma (CH) in the cervical region presents as a challenge to the anesthetist. The anaesthetic difficulties are usually associated with CH because of tumor extension into the mouth, airway management, thoracic extension, hemorrhage, involvement of pretracheal region, Post operative respiratory obstruction and coexisting anomalies (Down syndromes, Turner syndromes and congenital cardiac defects). Disorders of the CH relevant to anaesthesia and intensive care medicine are discussed in this review. Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC3129060/ /pubmed/21772882 Text en Copyright: © Journal of Research in Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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author Esmaeili, Mohammad Reza Haji
Razavi, Seyed Soheil Ben
Harofteh, Hamid Reza Abbasi
Tabatabaii, Seyed Mahmood
Hosseini, Habib Allah
Sheikhi, Mohammad Ali
spellingShingle Esmaeili, Mohammad Reza Haji
Razavi, Seyed Soheil Ben
Harofteh, Hamid Reza Abbasi
Tabatabaii, Seyed Mahmood
Hosseini, Habib Allah
Sheikhi, Mohammad Ali
Cystic hygroma: anesthetic considerations and review
author_facet Esmaeili, Mohammad Reza Haji
Razavi, Seyed Soheil Ben
Harofteh, Hamid Reza Abbasi
Tabatabaii, Seyed Mahmood
Hosseini, Habib Allah
Sheikhi, Mohammad Ali
author_sort Esmaeili, Mohammad Reza Haji
title Cystic hygroma: anesthetic considerations and review
title_short Cystic hygroma: anesthetic considerations and review
title_full Cystic hygroma: anesthetic considerations and review
title_fullStr Cystic hygroma: anesthetic considerations and review
title_full_unstemmed Cystic hygroma: anesthetic considerations and review
title_sort cystic hygroma: anesthetic considerations and review
description Cystic hygroma (CH) in the cervical region presents as a challenge to the anesthetist. The anaesthetic difficulties are usually associated with CH because of tumor extension into the mouth, airway management, thoracic extension, hemorrhage, involvement of pretracheal region, Post operative respiratory obstruction and coexisting anomalies (Down syndromes, Turner syndromes and congenital cardiac defects). Disorders of the CH relevant to anaesthesia and intensive care medicine are discussed in this review.
publisher Medknow Publications Pvt Ltd
publishDate 2009
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3129060/
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