All that wheezes is not asthma.

Autor: Koul, Parvaiz A., Khan, Umar H., Shah, Tajamul Hussain, Dar, Abdul Majid
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Zdroj: BMJ Case Reports; Feb2014, p1-3, 3p, 2 Color Photographs, 1 Black and White Photograph
Abstrakt: A young woman was admitted with respiratory failure. Prior to her admission, she had been treated for clinical bronchial asthma for about 2 years for recurrent wheezing. Endotracheal intubation was difficult. A fibroptic brochoscopy, while the patient was ventilated, revealed a central tracheal tumour compromising >90% of the tracheal lumen. The tumour was cored out during rigid bronchoscopy while ventilating the patient through tracheostomy. Histopathology of the tumour was suggestive of adenoid cystic carcinoma. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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