Tracheal stenosis mimicking severe acute asthma.
Post-intubation tracheal stenosis is a rare but serious clinical entity that rarely develops when intubation is less than a week. These patients may remain asymptomatic for a variable period and are often misdiagnosed as asthmatic. The authors report a case of a middle-aged lady who was initially misdiagnosed as having acute asthma after brief tracheal intubation.
Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan.
Ali Bin Sarwar
AB
Zubairi
Babar
B
Dildar
Shahid Javed
SJ
Husain
Mohammad Faisal
MF
Khan
D060666:Airway Extubation; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007362:Intensive Care Units; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D012121:Respiration, Artificial; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000628:therapy; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000628:therapy; D015607:Stents; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis*