Tracheal Papilloma Mimicking Severe Asthma

Tracheal papillomatosis is a rare and challenging condition characterized by the development of benign tumors in the trachea and bronchial tree. This case report presents a 53-year-old female with refractory papillomatosis and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Despite three previous resections, the papil...

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Autores principales: Khan, Muzamil, Diab, Khalil
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
Materias:
Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10631457/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/38022050
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46733
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description Tracheal papillomatosis is a rare and challenging condition characterized by the development of benign tumors in the trachea and bronchial tree. This case report presents a 53-year-old female with refractory papillomatosis and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Despite three previous resections, the papilloma recurred, causing moderate tracheal narrowing and symptoms mimicking severe persistent asthma. In June 2023, the patient underwent bronchoscopy with successful tumor debulking cryosurgery, significantly improving her symptoms.
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spelling pubmed-106314572023-10-09 Tracheal Papilloma Mimicking Severe Asthma Khan, Muzamil Diab, Khalil Cureus Internal Medicine Tracheal papillomatosis is a rare and challenging condition characterized by the development of benign tumors in the trachea and bronchial tree. This case report presents a 53-year-old female with refractory papillomatosis and mediastinal lymphadenopathy. Despite three previous resections, the papilloma recurred, causing moderate tracheal narrowing and symptoms mimicking severe persistent asthma. In June 2023, the patient underwent bronchoscopy with successful tumor debulking cryosurgery, significantly improving her symptoms. Cureus 2023-10-09 /pmc/articles/PMC10631457/ /pubmed/38022050 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.46733 Text en Copyright © 2023, Khan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Khan, Muzamil
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title Tracheal Papilloma Mimicking Severe Asthma
title_full Tracheal Papilloma Mimicking Severe Asthma
title_fullStr Tracheal Papilloma Mimicking Severe Asthma
title_full_unstemmed Tracheal Papilloma Mimicking Severe Asthma
title_short Tracheal Papilloma Mimicking Severe Asthma
title_sort tracheal papilloma mimicking severe asthma
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10631457/
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