TY - JOUR T1 - Two Cases of Tracheal Disease Misdiagnosed as Difficult-to-Treat Asthma JF - Respiratory Care DO - 10.4187/respcare.02350 SP - respcare.02350 AU - Ibrahim Onur Alici AU - Ozlem Kar Kurt AU - Adile Berna Dursun AU - Aydin Yilmaz AU - Ferda Oner Erkekol Y1 - 2013/02/19 UR - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/early/2013/02/19/respcare.02350.abstract N2 - 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. ER -