Tracheal bronchus in a 6-month-old infant identified by CT with three-dimensional airway reconstruction
- 1Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- 2Russell H Morgan Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Dr Sharon McGrath-Morrow, Eudowood Division of Pediatric Respiratory Sciences, Johns Hopkins Hospital, 200 North Wolfe Street, Third Floor, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA; smorrow{at}jhmi.edu
A 6 month old infant presented with a history of cough and noisy breathing since 5 weeks of age. He had been evaluated many times in a local emergency department for episodes of cough, wheeze and retractions. His parents reported that his symptoms seemed to be worse when he was supine and did not respond well to steroids or bronchodilators. He had been feeding and growing normally.
On examination he was slightly tachypnoeic with mild subcostal retractions and coarse upper …
