Large sternal exostoses presenting as stridor: A surgical and anesthetic challenge.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS
Large osteochondroma arising from chest wall and sternum is uncommon and presentation with airway compression is further uncommon.


METHODS
Here we present a case of large chest wall osteochondroma as a part of hereditary multiple exostoses in a 9-year-old boy presented with a history of stridor and shortness of breath. The bony mass of the right chest wall was extending up to a suprasternal notch and compressing the trachea.


RESULTS
The case was successfully managed by initial femoro-femoral cardiopulmonary bypass under local anesthesia before the induction of anesthesia to prevent respiratory collapse, followed by debulking surgery was done.
['Sharma|Alok K|AK|', 'Patel|Surendra|S|http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1474-6738', 'Meena|Danishwar|D|', 'Sahu|Ranjit K|RK|', 'Goyal|Amit|A|', 'Garg|Pawan K|PK|', 'Kumar|Mritunjay|M|']
D000777:Anesthetics D001859:Bone Neoplasms D002648:Child D005096:Exostoses D006801:Humans D008297:Male D015831:Osteochondroma D012135:Respiratory Sounds
exostoses osteochondroma airway obstruction femoro-femoral bypass