title: Tracheal papilloma presenting as asthma in a child.
abstract: This report describes a child with a tracheal papilloma who was initially diagnosed and treated as having asthma. The case illustrates that all wheezing in children should not be attributed to asthma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, United Bulawayo Hospitals, Zimbabwe.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Huss
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wolf
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002648:Child; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D010212:Papilloma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D012135:Respiratory Sounds / Q000209:etiology*; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging