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Case Reports
Recurrent membranous tracheal stenosis with a diverticulum in a 9-year-old boy. Not all that wheezes is asthma.
- Frantisek Kopriva and Vitezslav Kolek.
- Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital Olomouc and Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, Palacky University Olomouc, Czech Republic.
- Biomed Pap. 2016 Mar 1; 160 (1): 168-70.
BackgroundBenign tracheobronchial stenosis of the proximal airways may result from a variety of conditions and can cause dyspnea, cough, wheeze or stridor.Methods And ResultsIn this report, we describe the case of a 9-year-old boy who was admitted to hospital with wheezing and progressive dyspnea lasting for six months. These abnormalities were diagnosed by multislice CT with 3-dimensional reconstruction of the trachea and by videobronchoscopy which demonstrated severe tracheal stenosis and an orifice of a tracheal diverticulum on the right side of the upper trachea. The stenosis was dilated with a balloon and vaporized with an Nd:YAG laser. Due to recurrent stenosis, the laser procedure had to be repeated several times in an approximately 4-6-month interval.ConclusionAssociation between recurrent membranous tracheal stenosis and a tracheal diverticulum is a rare medical condition.
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