19 March 2025
: Case report
Emergency Cricothyrotomy in a 51-Year-Old Woman with Traumatic Airway Obstruction After a High-Speed Collision
Challenging differential diagnosis, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents, Management of emergency care, Educational Purpose (only if useful for a systematic review or synthesis), Rare coexistence of disease or pathology
Victor Cao DEF 1, Neda Salami ABDEF 2,3, Lance L. Lamore ABDEF 1,3, Brandon Woodward E 1,2,3, Michael Neeki AE 1,2,3*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.945817
Am J Case Rep 2025; 26:e945817
Figure 2. Computed tomography imaging. (A) The sagittal view demonstrates a 6.0 endotracheal tube inserted into the cricothyroid membrane. (B) The coronal view demonstrates a 6.0 endotracheal tube inserted into the cricothyroid membrane. (C) The coronal view demonstrates an endotracheal tube positioned down the trachea, on a significantly deviated right-ward path due to exerted pressure by the large thyroid mass. * Thyroid mass. ^ Endotracheal tube.






