Management of a posterior mediastinal Gardner fibroma causing critical airway stenosis in a resource limited setting

Abstract

In developed countries, surgeons and anesthesiologists approach the mediastinal mass causing airway compression with prudence and trepidation. Resource-limited settings provide unique challenges in the diagnosis and management of patients with critical airway compression. We report the successful treatment of a patient in Port-au-Prince, Haiti with a posterior mediastinal mass that filled the left chest cavity and caused critical airway stenosis. The pathology revealed a Gardner Fibroma, which is rarely associated with mediastinal airway obstruction.

Keywords

• Gardner fibroma
• Mediastinal mass
• Resource limited setting