Pais, Carmen and Silva, Rita and Gomes, Teresa and Carvalho, Sónia (2018) A Case of Tracheomalacia in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: What Went Wrong? European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 5 (7). ISSN 2284-2594
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Abstract
Tracheobronchomalacia is defined as loss of the structural integrity of airway wall cartilaginous structures with hyperdynamic airway collapse during respiration. It is a common finding in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) but is not always symptomatic, especially if airway narrowing is mild. Symptoms and signs develop as the severity of airway narrowing progresses. When a patient is symptomatic, a prompt study with computerized tomography and flexible bronchoscopy is mandatory for future management. We present a case of tracheobronchomalacia in a patient with COPD whose diagnosis and treatment were challenging.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Tracheobroncomalacia, airway obstruction, bronchoscopy |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Chiara D'Arpa |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Aug 2018 11:19 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Aug 2018 11:19 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/18187 |
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