Tracheomegaly Secondary to Tracheotomy Tube Cuff in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: A Case Report.
Tracheomegaly has not been reported in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Herein, the authors report a case of tracheomegaly secondary to tracheotomy tube cuff in a patient with ALS. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an ALS patient with tracheomegaly and of tracheomegaly being associated with tracheotomy tube cuff and home tracheotomy mechanical ventilator.The clinician should consider the possibility of tracheomegaly in the differential diagnosis, if a patient with ALS develops repeat air leakage around the tracheotomy tube or rupture of tracheotomy tube cuff.
From the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Chonnam National University Medical School and Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital, Hwasun, Jeonnam, South Korea.
Dong Hoon
DH
Lee
Tae Mi
TM
Yoon
Joon Kyoo
JK
Lee
Sang Chul
SC
Lim
D000690:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D006984:Hypertrophy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D014140:Tracheotomy