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All that wheezes is not asthma.
- Source :
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BMJ case reports [BMJ Case Rep] 2014 Feb 27; Vol. 2014. Date of Electronic Publication: 2014 Feb 27. - Publication Year :
- 2014
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Abstract
- A young woman was admitted with respiratory failure. Prior to her admission, she had been treated for clinical bronchial asthma for about 2 years for recurrent wheezing. Endotracheal intubation was difficult. A fibroptic bronchoscopy, while the patient was ventilated, revealed a central tracheal tumour compromising >90% of the tracheal lumen. The tumour was cored out during rigid bronchoscopy while ventilating the patient through tracheostomy. Histopathology of the tumour was suggestive of adenoid cystic carcinoma.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Asthma drug therapy
Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic diagnosis
Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic surgery
Female
Humans
Tracheal Neoplasms diagnosis
Tracheal Neoplasms surgery
Asthma diagnosis
Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic complications
Diagnostic Errors
Respiratory Insufficiency etiology
Respiratory Sounds etiology
Tracheal Neoplasms complications
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1757-790X
- Volume :
- 2014
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- BMJ case reports
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 24577176
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-202369