a 3 month- old boy was admitted with recurrent severe respiratory distress and refractory to therapeutic options. patient underwent a helical multidetector ct examination. axial, coronal and three- dimensional imaging, revealed tracheal bronchus, stenosis, diverticulum and bronchiectasis. in this situation, ct scanning, perfectly 3d imaging is recommend for rule out congenital tracheobronchial ...

A variety of congenital anomalies arise within the laryngeal or tracheal airway. Symptoms primarily include airway obstruction, hoarseness, and difficulty feeding. The diagnosis is typically made by a combination of clinical presentation, physical examination, and endoscopic evaluation. Definitive intervention may be necessary requiring endoscopic or open laryngeal surgery. Some of the more com...

Twenty-one cases of congenital tracheal stenosis seen at the Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children 1971 through 1980 were reviewed with regard to the clinical features, associated anomalies, endoscopic findings and radiological evaluation. Congenital tracheal stenosis was usually a serious problem often associated with other major anomalies of the respiratory tract, esophagus, or skeleton. Ther...

Tracheal agenesis is a rare cause of respiratory distress in the neonatal period. Temporary survival depends on ventilation through the esophagus. Thirty-eight case reports of tracheal agenesis (including one from this institution) have appeared in the literature. In this paper, we present the case reports of our 2 patients and review the literature. Tracheal agenesis is associated with a wide ...

"Tracheal trifurcation" is a veritable and rare finding. We illustrate a unique case that demonstrates the complexity and broad variability that congenital tracheobronchial anomalies can take. Appreciation of these is important at intubation, bronchoscopy, and surgery.

Stenosis of the larynx is more frequent than tracheal stenosis; in a review of 752 cases of stridor seen at The Hospital for Sick Children, Great Ormond Street, London, laryngeal pathology accounted for 88% of the cases (Evans, 1986). The major cause of airway obstruction was as a result of congenital anomalies of the larynx and trachea. Holinger (1980) noted in his review of 219 patients with ...

OBJECTIVES To evaluate and report the outcome of costal cartilage tracheoplasty for the treatment of congenital long-segment tracheal stenosis. DESIGN Retrospective chart review. SETTING Academic tertiary care children's hospital. PATIENTS Consecutive series of 10 patients who presented with congenital long-segment tracheal stenosis. INTERVENTION All patients underwent costal cartilage ...

Congenital tracheal stenosis (CTS), though rare, is important because the mortality and morbidity rates are high in infants. Especially, associated congenital heart disease (CHD) in these infants may compound the effects of airway pathology. A 3-week-old patient with long-segmental tracheal stenosis below an anomalous right-upper lobe (RUL) bronchus had undergone a total correction of double ou...

Congenital cardiovascular anomalies, such as dextrocardia, persistent left superior vena cava (SVC), and pulmonary artery (PA) sling, are rare disorders. These congenital anomalies can occur alone, or coincide with other congenital malformations. In the majority of cases, congenital anomalies are detected early in life by certain signs and symptoms. A 56-year-old man with no previous medical hi...

In 1976, Gonzales-Crussi et al. (Am. J. Dis. Child. 130:1015-18, 1976) introduced the first case of bridging bronchus as a rare bronchial branching anomaly; since then, only 14 worldwide cases was described. We suggest our case might be number 15 and could be the first case of type six of this bronchial anomaly. We present a case of a 10-month-old infant with bridging bronchus, congenital trach...