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| Year : 2014 | Volume
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Pneumopericardium - an unusual complication of broken tracheostomy tube presenting as foreign body trachea
Jayita Poduval, F Benazir, Preety Ninan
Department of Ear, Nose and Throat, Pondicherry Institute of Medical Sciences, Kalapet, Puducherry, India
Correspondence Address:
Jayita Poduval
D-2-7, Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research Campus, Dhanvantari Nagar, Puducherry - 605 006
India
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DOI: 10.4103/2230-9748.141465
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Foreign bodies in the trachea may be of various kinds and usually present as acute respiratory emergencies, which if not treated expediently, may prove fatal. A broken tracheostomy tube is an unusual foreign body and defeats the purpose for which a tracheostomy is done, namely to facilitate breathing. We present here yet another similar case, but with an impending pneumopericardium, and suggest remedial measures, along with a review of literature.
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