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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Ibnosina Journal of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences 2014; 06(03): 155-158
DOI: 10.4103/1947-489X.210377
Case Report

Idiopathic laryngeo-tracheal stenosis: An illustrative case report

Zeead Al Ghamdi
Cardiothoracic Surgery Division, Surgery Department, King Fahad University Hospital, Al Dammam University, Al Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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Shadi Alshammary
Cardiothoracic Surgery Division, Surgery Department, King Fahad University Hospital, Al Dammam University, Al Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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Ayman El-Baz
Cardiothoracic Surgery Division, Surgery Department, King Fahad University Hospital, Al Dammam University, Al Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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Mohamed Regal
Cardiothoracic Surgery Division, Surgery Department, King Fahad University Hospital, Al Dammam University, Al Dammam, Saudi Arabia
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Idiopathic laryngeo-tracheal stenosis (ILTS) is characterized by the formation of a scar-like circumferential stenosis affecting the subglottic area and extending to a variable length in the upper trachea. We report an illustrative case of ILTS in a 33 years old lady who presented with progressive dyspnea and stridor and was managed as bronchial asthma for the prior 2 years. Her bronchoscopic and radiologic imaging revealed extensively narrowed subglottic segment 5 mm below the vocal cords that extended into the upper trachea. Definitive laryngeo-tracheal resection and reconstruction (Pearson's repair) was performed with a satisfactory result. She remained free of symptomatic and radiologic recurrence over 4 years of follow up.

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Idiopathic laryngeo-tracheal stenosis - Bronchial asthma - Stridor - Pearson's repair


Publication History

Received: 10 November 2013

Accepted: 19 December 2013

Article published online:
07 July 2022

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