"post-intubation tracheal stenosis"
"like TO, spares posterior membranous tracheal wall"
"unlike TO, classically circumferential involvement"
"unlike TO, classically circumferential involvement"
"Most patients are asymptomatic. Those who have symptoms may present with cough, shortness of breath on exertion, wheezing or recurrent respiratory infection. Haemoptysis can occasionally result from ulceration of a nodule or an acute infection."
"Initially described in 1857 by Samuel Wilks (1824-1911), as "ossific deposits in the larynx, trachea and bronchi" in a 38-year-old-male who died of pulmonary tuberculosis 5. The condition was later termed "tracheopathia osteochondroplastica" in 1910 by German pathologist Karl Ludwig Aschoff (1866-1942) 5."
"Development of osseous and/or cartilaginous 1-8 mm nodules 2,3 in the submucosa of the trachea and bronchial walls. They may be either focal or diffuse. There is characteristic sparing of the posterior membranous portion of the trachea 6."
"There are two theories of pathogenesis 5:"