Ice cream cone sign: reversible ballooning of the trachea due to tracheostomy tube cuff overinflation

BMJ Case Rep. 2016 May 4:2016:bcr2016214625. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2016-214625.

Authors

Ashutosh Sachdeva¹, Edward M Pickering², Robert M Reed², Carl B Shanholtz¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
² Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Bronchoscopy
Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation
Disease Management
Female
Heart Arrest / therapy*
Humans
Intubation, Intratracheal / instrumentation
Trachea / diagnostic imaging
Trachea / injuries*
Tracheostomy / adverse effects*
Tracheostomy / instrumentation