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Primary tuberculous tracheitis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

F. M. Tong  and
S. K. Chow
F. M. Tong*
Affiliation:
Department of ENT, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chai Wan, Hong Kong.
S. K. Chow
Affiliation:
Department of ENT, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chai Wan, Hong Kong.
*
Address for correspondence: Department of ENT, Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital, Chai Wan, Hong Kong.
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Abstract

We report a case of primary tuberculous tracheitis in an otherwise healthy woman who presented with cough and stridor due to diffuse tracheal narrowing by tuberculous pseudomembranous lesion, which resolved completely with antituberculosis chemotherapy.

Keywords

TuberculosisTrachea

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Type
Clinical Records
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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 112 , Issue 6 , June 1998 , pp. 579 - 580
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1998

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