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Resumen: Las grandes masas mediastínicas aumentan los riesgos asociados con la anestesia general. Las complicaciones más temidas en este tipo de pacientes son el colapso de la vía aérea, seguido del colapso cardiovascular. Presentamos el caso de una paciente de 30 años con diagnóstico de sarcoma sinovial con metástasis pulmonar y con la presencia de dos tumores intratorácicos. El objetivo del caso clínico es revisar las implicaciones anestésicas y su manejo en este grupo de pacientes.
Abstract: Large mediastinal masses increase the risks associated with general anesthesia. The most feared complications in this type of patients are the collapse of the airway, leading to cardiovascular collapse. We present the case of a 30-year-old patient diagnosed with synovial sarcoma with pulmonary metastasis, with the presence of two intrathoracic tumors. The objective of the clinical case is to review the anesthetic implications and their management in this group of patients.
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Patients with Marfan syndrome present anatomic variations that may increase the risk of a difficult airway. Moreover, they can present large aortic aneurysms, which may cause extrinsic airway compression. Therefore, difficult ventilation during general anesthesia poses a challenge in that the anesthesiologist has to promptly make a crucial differential diagnosis. Multidisciplinary preoperative assessment and planning of the airway and ventilation management are of utmost importance in such uncommon and highly complex clinical cases. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy is probably a really useful tool in order to assess the severity and extent of the airway compression, both preoperatively and intraoperatively. We present a clinical case where difficult ventilation occurred immediately after the induction of general anesthesia.