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Case Report

Distal Tracheal Obstructive Mass Leading to Bilateral Pneumothorax and Respiratory Failure

Menbeu Sultan1 Department of Emergency Medicine and Critical Care, St. Paul’s hospital millennium medical College, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Lemlem Beza2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1821-7895
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Finot Debebe2 Department of Emergency Medicine, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Getaw Worku Hassen3 Department of Emergency Medicine, New York Metropolitan Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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Anisha Duvvi3 Department of Emergency Medicine, New York Metropolitan Hospital, New York, NY, USA
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Selamawit Tilahun4 Department of Internal Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Nura Nasser5 Department of Anesthesiology, St Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Sisay Bekele6 Department of Surgery, St. Paul’s Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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Pages 217-222 | Published online: 25 May 2022

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