Tracheal stenosis due to bilateral arterial aneurysms

N C Munro; D Soppitt; R A Brewis

doi:10.1136/thx.49.2.183

Tracheal stenosis due to bilateral arterial aneurysms

Thorax. 1994 Feb;49(2):183-4. doi: 10.1136/thx.49.2.183.

Authors

N C Munro¹, D Soppitt, R A Brewis

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Abstract

The case is presented of an 82 year old woman with breathlessness, stridor, and upper mediastinal widening on chest radiography. Computed tomographic scanning showed tracheal compression by aneurysms of the brachiocephalic and left common carotid arteries.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Aneurysm / complications*
Aneurysm / diagnostic imaging
Brachiocephalic Trunk* / diagnostic imaging
Carotid Artery Diseases / complications*
Carotid Artery Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Female
Humans
Lung / diagnostic imaging
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Tracheal Stenosis / diagnostic imaging
Tracheal Stenosis / etiology*