title: Tracheomalacia, timing of symptoms, and thymic enlargement: cause or coincidence?
abstract: The authors report a case of severe primary tracheomalacia in a 3-month-old boy. The left lobe of the enlarged thymus was resected at operation to facilitate aortopexy. The authors suggest a possible role for the enlarging thymus contributing to the delayed onset of the symptoms of tracheomalacia, despite the presence of the tracheal lesion from birth.
authors.affiliation: Department of Academic Surgery, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
authors.forename: A J A
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.forename: C P
authors.initials: CP
authors.lastname: Suriyarachchi
authors.forename: J G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Mellis
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000150:complications*