Solve exciting clinical cases specific to your field of interest via Docplexus’ Clinical Case Challenge. Join your fellow doctors to discuss and answer today’s challenge! Case presentation: A 7-day-old boy, born at 35 weeks of gestation, presented to the clinic for evaluation. The patient struggled to breathe when supine and minimally better when he is prone or in a lateral position. Physical examination: Upon examination, the baby had a severely retruded chin and subcostal retractions when placed in any position. His maxillary-mandibular discrepancy was found to be 19 mm.
His lungs were clear on auscultation. On flexible laryngoscopy, his epiglottis was folded over his larynx and was omega-shaped. Subglottic and tracheal examination of the patient revealed the anteroposterior collapse of his proximal trachea. History: No pertinent medical or family history. *This case challenge is from…
