Severe acquired tracheomalacia caused by a chronic esophageal foreign body

• Main Authors: Collin F. Mulcahy (Author), Joseph C. Park (Author), Eva I. Rubio (Author), Allison L. Speer (Author), Andrea Badillo (Author), Maria Pena (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

A 3-year-old otherwise healthy boy presented with new-onset progressive stridor that began 3 months prior. He was noted to have dyspnea on exertion, inspiratory stridor, and occasional regurgitation of undigested food. Direct laryngoscopy with bronchoscopy revealed tracheomalacia of the cervical tra...