title: A neurologic etiology for tracheomalacia?
abstract: To date, major works on tracheomalacia have assumed a structural etiology and have proposed therapies as such. We describe a possible neurologic etiology for tracheomalacia in a child with clinically significant tracheomalacia that resolved in synchrony with each treatment of his recurring hydrocephalus. Endoscopy confirms remarkable expansion of tracheal diameter 7 days after decreasing intracranial pressure. The possibility of a neurologic etiology for tracheomalacia casts this condition in a new light with potential therapeutic implications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY 10467, USA.
authors.forename: Nausheen
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jamal
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Bent
authors.forename: Alfin G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Vicencio