Airway management in patients with pemphigoid lesions has anaesthetic implications. We report a case of a 23 years old female with bullous pemphigoid who presented with laryngeal stenosis and critical airway narrowing. The airway was initially managed with jet ventilation. Anaesthesia was maintained with propofol infusion and ventilation was performed by introducing a size 10 French gauge sucti...

A 14 month male patient with a background of unilateral right canal stenosis, enteral nutrition through percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) due to dysphagia from weaning, hospital admittance for bronchopneumonia, dysphoric crying, coughing after swallowing, and asphyctic episodes was referred to our hospital for study and treatment. Examination revealed small low inward facing auricles, a...

Diffuse Idiopathic Skeletal Hyperostosis (DISH) is a condition characterized by calcification and ossification of soft tissues, mainly ligaments and enthesis. Dysphagia is the commonest complaint, stridor secondary to osteophyte compression has rarely been documented. The osteophytes may cause symptoms by mechanical compression or by inducting inflammatory reaction. When an upper segment of the...