Tracheomalacia and breath holding: a case report
Open Access
- 1 October 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 83 (4) , 340-341
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.83.4.340
Abstract
A child with a long standing history of cyanotic breath holding attacks presented with acute respiratory distress. Subsequent investigation established that her clinical condition was caused by tracheomalacia. We hypothesise that tracheomalacia might be an under recognised contributor to cyanotic breath holding attacks, the pathogenesis of which is poorly understood.Keywords
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