PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ibrahim Onur Alici
AU  - Ozlem Kar Kurt
AU  - Adile Berna Dursun
AU  - Aydin Yilmaz
AU  - Ferda Oner Erkekol
TI  - Two Cases of Tracheal Disease Misdiagnosed as Difficult-to-Treat Asthma
AID  - 10.4187/respcare.02350
DP  - 2013 Nov 01
TA  - Respiratory Care
PG  - e133--e137
VI  - 58
IP  - 11
4099  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/58/11/e133.short
4100  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/58/11/e133.full
AB  - Initial management of patients with difficult-to-treat asthma must begin with confirmation of the diagnosis. 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 were found as mimicking asthma.