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The “forgotten zone”: Acquired disorders of the trachea in adults
The upper airway is generally defined as the air passage segment that extends between the naso- or oropharynx and the carina. The longest segment of the upper airway—the trachea—begins at the inferior portion of the larynx and extends to the branch point of the main carina. The trachea has the poten...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7125950/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23669413 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2013.03.017 |
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author | Al-Qadi, Mazen O. Artenstein, Andrew W. Braman, Sidney S. |
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description | The upper airway is generally defined as the air passage segment that extends between the naso- or oropharynx and the carina. The longest segment of the upper airway—the trachea—begins at the inferior portion of the larynx and extends to the branch point of the main carina. The trachea has the potential to be a “forgotten zone” in differential diagnoses, as pathological processes involving this portion may not receive prominent clinical consideration in disorders presenting with respiratory symptoms and signs. Unlike the oropharynx, this anatomical area is beyond visualization on routine inspection; unlike the mediastinum and lung fields, it is a potential “blind spot” on initial, plain radiographic examination of the chest. Nonetheless, the adult trachea is affected by a number of primary disorders and is also a target organ of a variety of systemic diseases. This review will focus on both primary and systemic diseases involving the adult trachea with specific attention to their clinical manifestations and diagnostic hallmarks. |
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spelling | pubmed-71259502020-04-08 The “forgotten zone”: Acquired disorders of the trachea in adults Al-Qadi, Mazen O. Artenstein, Andrew W. Braman, Sidney S. Respir Med Review The upper airway is generally defined as the air passage segment that extends between the naso- or oropharynx and the carina. The longest segment of the upper airway—the trachea—begins at the inferior portion of the larynx and extends to the branch point of the main carina. The trachea has the potential to be a “forgotten zone” in differential diagnoses, as pathological processes involving this portion may not receive prominent clinical consideration in disorders presenting with respiratory symptoms and signs. Unlike the oropharynx, this anatomical area is beyond visualization on routine inspection; unlike the mediastinum and lung fields, it is a potential “blind spot” on initial, plain radiographic examination of the chest. Nonetheless, the adult trachea is affected by a number of primary disorders and is also a target organ of a variety of systemic diseases. This review will focus on both primary and systemic diseases involving the adult trachea with specific attention to their clinical manifestations and diagnostic hallmarks. Elsevier Ltd. 2013-09 2013-05-10 /pmc/articles/PMC7125950/ /pubmed/23669413 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2013.03.017 Text en Copyright © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. Since January 2020 Elsevier has created a COVID-19 resource centre with free information in English and Mandarin on the novel coronavirus COVID-19. The COVID-19 resource centre is hosted on Elsevier Connect, the company's public news and information website. Elsevier hereby grants permission to make all its COVID-19-related research that is available on the COVID-19 resource centre - including this research content - immediately available in PubMed Central and other publicly funded repositories, such as the WHO COVID database with rights for unrestricted research re-use and analyses in any form or by any means with acknowledgement of the original source. These permissions are granted for free by Elsevier for as long as the COVID-19 resource centre remains active. |
spellingShingle | Review Al-Qadi, Mazen O. Artenstein, Andrew W. Braman, Sidney S. The “forgotten zone”: Acquired disorders of the trachea in adults |
title | The “forgotten zone”: Acquired disorders of the trachea in adults |
title_full | The “forgotten zone”: Acquired disorders of the trachea in adults |
title_fullStr | The “forgotten zone”: Acquired disorders of the trachea in adults |
title_full_unstemmed | The “forgotten zone”: Acquired disorders of the trachea in adults |
title_short | The “forgotten zone”: Acquired disorders of the trachea in adults |
title_sort | “forgotten zone”: acquired disorders of the trachea in adults |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7125950/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23669413 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmed.2013.03.017 |
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