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Siblings with Acquired Tracheocele: Possible Hereditary Etiopathogenesis?
Head and neck pathology - 1 Sept 2021
Botti Cecilia, Maccarrone Francesco, Bernardelli Giuditta, Lupi Massimo, Presutti Livio, Mattioli Francesco
Abstract excerpt
Tracheocele is a herniation of the tracheal mucosa through a defect in the tracheal wall. Familiar and/or genetical factors have never been taken into consideration in the etiopathogenesis of acquired tracheocele. Acquired tracheocele occurred in a brother and a sister from India. CT scan of the neck showed an air cyst next to the right tracheal wall. They underwent surgical excision through a transverse cervical...
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