title: Tuberculous stenosis of the trachea.
abstract: A patient is described who presented with symptoms suggestive of asthma but was subsequently found to have a stenotic lesion of the lower trachea and main bronchi. Bronchoscopic biopsy of the lesion revealed tuberculosis. There was a good response to anti-tuberculosis chemotherapy, with no residual stenosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory Medicine, East Birmingham Hospital.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Ayres
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis*