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Trachea
The trachea, known colloquially as the windpipe, connects the upper respiratory tract to the lungs via the tracheobronchial tree, enabling gas exchange.
Gross anatomy
The trachea is a tube-shaped structure consisting of 15-20 D-shaped cartilage rings anterolaterally bridged by annular ligament...
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Sabre-sheath trachea
Sabre-sheath trachea refers to a diffuse coronal narrowing of the intrathoracic portion of the trachea with the concomitant widening of the sagittal diameter. It is not uncommon and is pathognomonic for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) 1.
The sagittal:coronal diameter is over 2:1 2...
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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) represents a spectrum of obstructive airway diseases. It includes two key components which are chronic bronchitis-small airways disease and emphysema.
Epidemiology
The most common cause has historically been (and unfortunately continues to be) ciga...
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Diffuse tracheal narrowing
Conditions associated with diffuse tracheal narrowing or collapse include (in alphabetical order):
amyloidosis
chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): sabre sheath trachea
granulomatosis with polyangiitis
relapsing polychondritis
sarcoidosis
tracheobronchial tuberculosis 3
tracheoma...
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Pulmonary emphysema
Pulmonary emphysema is defined as the "abnormal permanent enlargement of the airspaces distal to the terminal bronchioles accompanied by destruction of the alveolar wall and without obvious fibrosis" 1. Emphysema is best evaluated on CT, although indirect signs may be noticed on conventional rad...
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Weapon and munition inspired signs
Weapon and munition inspired signs include the following with their corresponding pathologic conditions:
arrowhead sign
appendicitis
bayonet artifact
bayonet deformity
Turner syndrome
chondrodysplasia
bullet-shaped vertebra
mucopolysaccharidosis
achondroplasia
cannonball metastases
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Sabre-sheath trachea
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Sabre-sheath trachea
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Williams-Campbell syndrome
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02 Jan 2018
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