A patient with extensive metastatic thyroid cancer scheduled for palliative tracheostomy is presented. He had laryngeal dislocation with severe airway obstruction and few anatomical landmarks due to tumour infiltration and radiation. Successful percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy was performed under local anaesthesia.
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