CONGENITAL FUNNEL-SHAPED TRACHEAL STENOSIS - AN ASYMPTOMATIC LETHAL ANOMALY OF EARLY INFANCY

  • 1 January 1982
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 83  (5) , 761-766
Abstract
Two [human] infants with an unusual variant of congenital tracheal stenosis (funnel-shaped distal trachea) are described. Six other reports have appeared in the literature. This anomaly is asymptomatic from 1-3 mo. after birth, despite nearly complete tracheal obstruction. Staged surgical repair and/or definitive correction have been hampered by the size of the tracheal lumen, length of the deformity and nondistensibility of the complete cartilaginous rings in the distal trachea.

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