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A Tracheal Web as a Cause of Dyspnea in a Patient who had been treated for Asthma in the Past 35 years

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  • Strouvalis Ioannis

    (Pulmonologist/Intensivist, Central Clinic of Athens, Greece)

  • Diamantea Filia

    (Pulmonary Medicine, Sismanogleio Public Hospital, Greece)

  • Karagiannidis Napoleon

    (Pulmonary Medicine, Sismanogleio Public Hospital, Greece)

  • Nikolopoulou Angeliki

    (Cardiologist, Attikon University Hospital, Greece)

  • Polychronopoulos Vlassios

    (Consultant Pulmonologist, Pulmonary Clinic, Hygeia Hospital, Greece)

Abstract

A Tracheal Web is a soft tissue formation partially occluding the trachea lumen. It is of benign origin and can be either congenital or acquired – the latter mostly in patients with a history of prolonged intubation. Due to the symptoms that are consistent with obstructive lung disease, it can often be misdiagnosed as such. As a result some patients may have been categorized as asthmatics with minimal response to treatment, since the tracheal web causes a fixed obstruction pattern. We describe a case of a female 57 year old patient that had been under asthma treatment for 35 years and was admitted to Sismanogleio Public Hospital, Greece, due to dyspnea consistent with an asthma exacerbation.

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  • Strouvalis Ioannis & Diamantea Filia & Karagiannidis Napoleon & Nikolopoulou Angeliki & Polychronopoulos Vlassios, 2016. "A Tracheal Web as a Cause of Dyspnea in a Patient who had been treated for Asthma in the Past 35 years," International Journal of Pulmonary & Respiratory Sciences, Juniper Publishers Inc., vol. 1(1), pages 13-16, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:adp:ijoprs:v:1:y:2016:i:1:p:13-16
    DOI: 10.19080/IJOPRS.2016.01.555554
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