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Endotracheal Tube Dislodgment In A High Risk Pulmonary Hypertensive Patient Due To Undiagnosed Tracheomegaly: A Case Report, Andrew Peck, Tammer N. Ghaly, Austin J. Adams, Daniel W. Johnson, Rebecca A. Aron

Graduate Medical Education Research Journal

Introduction

Airway enlargement was first described histologically in 1872, but it was not clinically reported until 1932, when Dr. Mounier-Kuhn published his seminal radiographic studies.¹ Since then, it is estimated that several hundred case reports have been published on congenital Mounier-Kuhn Syndrome (MKS), acquired tracheomegaly, and tracheobronchomegaly (TBM), yet only a few comprehensive literature reviews exist.²

Case

This case report details an elective nasal procedure for a patient with a history of significant pulmonary hypertension ad COPD on 5L home O₂ who had a symptomatic facial trauma. He was considered high risk secondary to his pulmonary disease, …