A Tracheal Web as a Cause of Dyspnea in a Patient who had been treated for Asthma in the Past 35 years


Authored by Strouvalis Ioannis

A Tracheal Web is a soft tissue formation partially occluding the trachea lumen. It is of benign origin and can be either congenital or acquired – the latter mostly in patients with a history of prolonged intubation. Due to the symptoms that are consistent with obstructive lung disease, it can often be misdiagnosed as such. As a result some patients may have been categorized as asthmatics with minimal response to treatment, since the tracheal web causes a fixed obstruction pattern. We describe a case of a female 57 year old patient that had been under asthma treatment for 35 years and was admitted to Sismanogleio Public Hospital, Greece, due to dyspnea consistent with an asthma exacerbation.

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