Abstract
Initial management of patients with difficult-to-treat asthma must begin with confirmation of the diagnosis. Herein we present 2 cases of tracheal disease misdiagnosed as difficult-to-treat asthma. After systemic evaluation, tracheomalacia and tracheobronchial narrowing due to diffuse calcification of the cartilaginous rings was found as mimicking asthma.
- airflow limitation
- asthma
- difficult-to-treat asthma
- severe asthma
- tracheal calcification
- tracheobronchomalacia
Footnotes
- Corresponding author: Ozlem Kar Kurt, Department of Chest Diseases, Abant Izzet Baysal University Faculty of Medicine, 14280 Bolu, Turkey, Tel.: +90 505 2762811, Fax: +90 374 253 45 15, E-mail address: aghhozlem{at}yahoo.com
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