title: Complete tracheal rings: lower airway symptoms can delay diagnosis.
abstract: Bronchial asthma is a very common condition seen in children diagnosed by clinical examination. While treating these children, all the other possible causes of breathlessness including complete tracheal rings should be considered. Further investigations in the form of endoscopy may need to be carried out in doubtful cases.
authors.affiliation: Royal Liverpool Children's NHS Trust, Alder Hey Hospital, Eaton Road, Liverpool, UK.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Aneeshkumar
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ghosh
authors.forename: E Z
authors.initials: EZ
authors.lastname: Osman
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Clarke
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007828:Laryngoscopy; D008297:Male; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*