title: Calcification and airway stenosis in a child with chondrodysplasia calcificans punctata.
abstract: Calcification of the airways is rarely seen in children. A male baby was born at 34 weeks with severe respiratory distress. Intubation was difficult with severe hypercarbia after intubation. Chest radiography demonstrated calcification in the tracheobronchial tree and this was confirmed with Chest CT scan. Flexible bronchoscopy confirmed long-segment funnel tracheal stenosis with visible calcifications in the trachea and bronchi. Chondrodysplasia punctata was diagnosed based on the clinical and radiological findings.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, and Tygerberg Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Goussard
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: Savvas
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Andronikou
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
authors.forename: Namakula S
authors.initials: NS
authors.lastname: Semakula-Katende
authors.affiliation: Departments of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, and Tygerberg Children's Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Gie
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D002806:Chondrodysplasia Punctata / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology