Open AccessAberrant right subclavian artery syndrome manifesting as focal tracheomalacia
Author(s) -
Arjun Padmanabhan,
A. Thomas,
G Sandeep
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.205328
Subject(s) - tracheomalacia , medicine , dysphagia , subclavian artery , chronic cough , etiology , radiology , surgery , pathology , airway , asthma
Tracheomalacia is one of the rarest etiologies of chronic cough. Herein, we present the case of an elderly woman with chronic cough who on detailed evaluation was found to have focal (localized) tracheomalacia due to compression by an aberrant right subclavian artery (arteria lusoria). The absence of dysphagia in this patient also deserves particular mention.