title: Tracheal stenosis due to bilateral arterial aneurysms.
abstract: The case is presented of an 82 year old woman with breathlessness, stridor, and upper mediastinal widening on chest radiography. Computed tomographic scanning showed tracheal compression by aneurysms of the brachiocephalic and left common carotid arteries.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
authors.forename: N C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Munro
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Soppitt
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Brewis
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000783:Aneurysm / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D016122:Brachiocephalic Trunk / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*