Percutaneous trans-tracheal endoscope assisted excision of thoracic tracheal tumour in a four-year-old child in an emergency setting

Percutaneous trans-tracheal endoscope assisted excision of thoracic tracheal tumour in a four-year-old child in an emergency setting

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Patients with lower thoracic tracheal obstruction arising as a result of neoplasms lycogel most commonly present in the hospital emergency.These pathologies are rare and the therapeutic options are also limited.We present a case of a four year old male with a lower thoracic tracheal tumor who presented to us in casualty with stridor airpods in jacksonville and respiratory distress.A unique management approach employing the use of transtracheal endoscopy is described.