Tracheobronchomalacia

Tracheobronchomalacia or TBM is a condition characterized by flaccidity of the tracheal support cartilage which leads to tracheal collapse.^[1] This condition can also affect the bronchi.

Clinical presentation

Chronic cough^[2]

References

↑ Lee, EY; Boiselle, PM (July 2009). "Tracheobronchomalacia in infants and children: multidetector CT evaluation.". Radiology 252 (1): 7–22. PMID 19561247.
↑ Baroni, RH; Feller-Kopman, D; Nishino, M; Hatabu, H; Loring, SH; Ernst, A; Boiselle, PM (May 2005). "Tracheobronchomalacia: comparison between end-expiratory and dynamic expiratory CT for evaluation of central airway collapse.". Radiology 235 (2): 635–41. doi:10.1148/radiol.2352040309. PMID 15798155.

External links

The Floppy Airway-A Review of Tracheobronchomalacia in Adults
Swiss embryology (from UL, UB, and UF) rrespiratory/patholrespi01
Tracheobronchomalacia in Children on Medscape
Tracheobronchomalacia on Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD)

Congenital malformations and deformations of respiratory system (Q30–Q34, 748)

Upper RT

Nose	Choanal atresia Arrhinia

Larynx	Laryngeal cyst Laryngocele Laryngomalacia

Lower RT

Trachea and bronchus	Tracheomalacia Tracheal stenosis Bronchomalacia Tracheobronchomegaly

Lung	Bronchiectasis Pulmonary hypoplasia Pulmonary sequestration Congenital cystic adenomatoid malformation

Index of the respiratory system

Description	Anatomy nose larynx lower thorax Physiology Development

Disease	Congenital Neoplasms and cancer Chest trauma Infection common cold pneumonia tuberculosis Other Symptoms and signs eponymous

Treatment	Procedures mechanical ventilation Drugs nasal throat obstructive airway diseases cough and cold histaminergics pulmonary arterial hypertension other Surgery

Tracheobronchomalacia

Clinical presentation

See also

References

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