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Infected tracheal diverticulum: a rare association with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency

Tracheal diverticulum, defined as a benign outpouching of the tracheal wall, is rarely diagnosed in clinical practice. It can be congenital or acquired in origin, and most cases are asymptomatic, typically being diagnosed postmortem. We report a case of a 69-year-old woman who was hospitalized after...

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Autores principales: Amaral, Cecília Beatriz Alves, Silva, Sónia, Feijó, Salvato
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4301252/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25610508
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37132014000600011