Tracheal agenesis as a rare cause of difficult intubation in a newborn with respiratory distress: a case report

• Main Authors: Raja Lope Ahmad, Raja Ahmad Al'konee, Abdullah, Kahairi, Mokhtar, Lukman, Abdullah, Ahmad Fadzil
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: BioMed Central 2009
• Subjects: RF Otorhinolaryngology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/1023/1/1023_Tracheal%20agenesis%20as%20a%20rare%20cause.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/1023/2/1023_Tracheal%20agenesis%20as%20a%20rare%20cause_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/1023/; http://www.jmedicalcasereports.com/content/3/1/105
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Introduction: Tracheal agenesis is a very rare congenital airway anomaly. It may pose a great challenge to the first attending physician both in diagnosis and in establishing the airway during the first day of life. Case presentation: We report a newborn Malay baby boy with trachea agenesis (typ...