Items tagged “trachea”
34 results found
Case
Potassium chloride tablet in trachea
Published
07 May 2008
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CT
Article
Tracheomalacia (differential)
A dilated trachea has numerous causes, and in almost all cases represents tracheomalacia (increased size and increased compliance).
As is almost always the case, various diameters have been used. Typical figures include >26 mm in men, >23 mm in women or >3 cm for both genders.
Although many of...
Case
Tracheo-esophageal fistula - H type
Published
20 Jan 2010
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Fluoroscopy
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Case
Tracheal buckling
Published
22 Jan 2010
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Article
Congenital tracheo-esophageal fistula
Congenital tracheo-esophageal fistula is a congenital pathological communication between the trachea and esophagus.
Epidemiology
Tracheo-esophageal fistula and esophageal atresia have a combined incidence of approximately 1 in 3500 live births 1-3,5. There is only a minimal hereditary/geneti...
Case
Tracheo-esophageal fistula types (diagrams)
Published
22 Jan 2010
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Diagram
Article
Esophageal atresia (classification)
Esophageal atresia is closely related to tracheo-esophageal fistula and can be divided into1:
type A: isolated esophageal atresia (8%)
type B: proximal fistula with distal atresia (1%)
type C: proximal atresia with distal fistula (85%)
type D: double fistula with intervening...
Case
Cardiac bronchus
Published
13 Feb 2010
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Case
Acquired tracheobronchomalacia
Published
13 Feb 2010
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CT
Article
Mounier-Kuhn syndrome
Mounier-Kuhn syndrome is a somewhat controversial entity and used synonymously with tracheobronchomegaly by most authors 7-9.
Epidemiology
Mounier-Kuhn syndrome is most frequently seen in middle-aged men before the age of 50 years 1,6.
Clinical presentation
The anatomical and physiological ...
Case
Tracheobronchomalacia
Published
16 Feb 2010
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CT
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Cardiac bronchus (illustration)
Published
01 Mar 2010
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Diagram
Article
Tracheomalacia
Tracheomalacia, or sometimes described as tracheobronchomalacia, is a common incidental finding on imaging of the chest of older patients and manifests as an increase in tracheal diameter as well as a tendency to collapse on expiration.
Tracheomalacia can be broadly considered as being congenit...
Article
Congenital tracheomalacia
Congenital tracheomalacia refers to a diverse group of conditions which result in a dilated trachea with increased compliance. Causes include:
cystic fibrosis: seen in up to 69% of patients 4
Mounier-Kuhn syndrome: idiopathic or associated with
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (in adults)
cutis laxa (...
Case
Esophageal atresia with tracheo-esophageal fistula
Published
29 Apr 2010
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X-ray
Case
Complete tracheal rings
Published
17 Aug 2010
53% complete
CT
Case
Esophageal atresia with tracheo-esophageal fistula
Published
23 Aug 2010
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X-ray
Case
Bronchus suis
Published
23 May 2011
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CT
Case
Mounier-Kuhn syndrome
Published
03 Sep 2011
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X-ray
CT
Case
Tracheal stenosis with subsequent stenting
Published
08 Jan 2014
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CT
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