Airway management of a neurofibromatosis type 2 with multicompartmental tumours: a case report
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Tan, C. W., Ghazali, N. binti ., & Ramliy, R. binti . (2022). Airway management of a neurofibromatosis type 2 with multicompartmental tumours: a case report. Malaysian Journal of Anaesthesiology, 1(1), 38–44. https://doi.org/10.35119/myja.v1i1.15

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airway management; central airway obstruction; mediastinal mass; neurofibromatosis type 2

Abstract

Neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2) is a rare autosomal dominant disorder. We report a case of a 52-year-old woman with underlying NF2 who was scheduled for excision of cervical neurofibromas. The patient had four nerve sheath tumours affecting different parts of the airway, namely, two cervical neurofibromas with spinal cord compression, a large retrosternal goitre extending into the anterior mediastinal compartment causing central airway obstruction, and a large left thoracic paravertebral tumour in the posterior mediastinal compartment. After risk stratification and multidisciplinary discussion, awake nasal fibreoptic intubation with a contingency plan of rigid bronchoscopy and jet ventilation was decided. The patient was intubated successfully with target-controlled infusion remifentanil as the sole sedative and airway topicalization with local anaesthetic. The patient was ventilated in a prone position intraoperatively with no desaturation. The tumours were successfully removed and the patient was discharged well. Awake nasal fibreoptic intubation is the choice of management in difficult airways affected by multicompartmental tumours in a centre that is devoid of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation service.

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