title: Deficient tracheal rings.
abstract: Deficient cartilaginous rings are an extremely rare intrinsic tracheal defect. To our knowledge, only two cases have previously been reported in the literature. We describe our experience with three patients presenting with this unusual defect causing severe tracheomalacia who were successfully managed with slide-tracheoplasty. With respect to correction of the stenotic tracheal segment, our clinical outcomes were excellent. Dissimilarities in medical history suggest that the origin of deficient tracheal rings can be either congenital or acquired.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039, United States. Mike.Rutter@cchmc.org
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rutter
authors.forename: Shyan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vijayasekaran
authors.forename: Frank N
authors.initials: FN
authors.lastname: Salamone
authors.forename: Aliza P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.forename: Margaret H
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mortelliti
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014139:Tracheostomy; D016896:Treatment Outcome