Nasopharyngeal diffuse large B-cells lymphoma causing acute airway obstruction amid COVID-19 crisis: an anaesthetist's nightmare.
Tat Boon YeapMing Kai TeahYen Ju Joanne QuayMelvin Teck Fui WongPublished in: BMJ case reports (2021)
Acute stridor is often an airway emergency. We present a valuable experience handling an elderly woman who was initially treated as COVID-19 positive during the pandemic in November 2020. She needed an urgent tracheostomy due to nasopharyngeal (NP) diffuse large B-cell lymphoma causing acute airway obstruction. Fortunately, 1 hour later, her NP swab real-time PCR test result returned as SARS-CoV-2 negative. This interesting article depicts the importance of adequate preparations when handling potentially infectious patients with anticipated difficult airway and the perioperative issues associated with it.
Keyphrases
- sars cov
- diffuse large b cell lymphoma
- liver failure
- coronavirus disease
- respiratory failure
- respiratory syndrome coronavirus
- public health
- epstein barr virus
- real time pcr
- emergency department
- blood pressure
- hepatitis b virus
- mechanical ventilation
- case report
- middle aged
- intensive care unit
- newly diagnosed
- acute kidney injury