Tracheomalacia Treatment Using a Large‐Diameter, Custom‐Made Airway Stent in a Case with Mounier‐Kuhn Syndrome [PDF]
Case Reports in Pulmonology, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014 Mounier‐Kuhn Syndrome (MKS) is a rare congenital disease that presents with abnormal enlargement in the central airways. In MKS, tracheomegaly is accompanied by difficulty in expelling recurrent lung infections and bronchiectasia. We presented a patient with MKS where commercially made stents were inadequate for stabilization and a custom‐made, self ...
Cengiz Özdemir +5 more
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Tracheobronchomegaly as a Cause of Bronchiectasis in an Adult
Case Reports in Pulmonology, 2016 Mounier-Kuhn syndrome (MKS) is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by dilated trachea and main bronchi due to atrophy of the elastic fibers and smooth muscle cells of the trachea and major airways. Patients of MKS can have varied presentation.
Vishnukanth Govindaraj +3 more
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Mounier-Kuhn syndrome - a case report of airway management during general anesthesia [PDF]
Respiratory Medicine Case ReportsIntroduction: Mounier-Kuhn syndrome (MKS) is a rare tracheobronchial disorder with fewer than 500 reported cases globally. This report describes an asymptomatic MKS patient diagnosed incidentally due to unexplained intraoperative airway leakage during ...
Weiwei Sun +3 more
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A 46-year-old man with tracheomegaly, tracheal diverticulosis, and bronchiectasis: Mounier-Kuhn syndrome [PDF]
Lung India, 2012 Lower respiratory tract infection is one of the common causes of morbidity in India which is occasionally undiagnosed. In this regard tracheobronchomegaly is one of those conditions which masquerade as chronic bronchitis and bronchiectasis and are ...
Ashish K Jaiswal +4 more
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Mounier-Kuhn Syndrome Mimicking Lymphangioleiomyomatosis. [PDF]
Chest, 2018 We present the case of a man with Mounier-Kuhn syndrome (MKS), or tracheobronchomegaly, who was referred to the National Institutes of Health Clinical Research Center because of a potential diagnosis of lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a rare condition in men. The patient was evaluated using ongoing protocols and provided written informed consent.
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Carcinoma pleomórfico do pulmão em doente com síndroma de Mounier-Kuhn [PDF]
Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia, 2006 Resumo: O carcinoma pleomórfico do pulmão (CPP) é um tumor maligno raro e de prognóstico reservado. Está inserido no grupo dos carcinomas pulmonares pouco diferenciados não pequenas células, exibe componente sarcomatoso ou sarcoma like (células ...
Daniela Ferreira +5 more
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A delayed diagnosis of Mounier-Kuhn syndrome. [PDF]
BMJ Case Rep, 2014 Following a provisional diagnosis of asthma of several years’ duration by his general practitioner, a 43-year-old otherwise healthy man who was a non-smoker was referred to a pulmonologist with worsening productive cough and exertional breathlessness.
Gouder C +3 more
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Síndroma de Mounier-Kuhn: Uma causa rara de infecções respiratórias de repetição Mounier-Kuhn syndrome: A rare aetiology of recurrent respiratory infections [PDF]
Revista Portuguesa de Pneumologia, 2007 A síndroma de Mounier-Kuhn é uma doença rara, de etiologia desconhecida e que se presume subdiagnosticada. Cursa frequentemente com infecções respiratórias de repetição e bronquiectasias. A clínica inespecífica, semelhante a outras patologias supurativas
Ana Marques +4 more
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Congenital tracheobronchomegaly (Mounier-Kuhn syndrome) in a 28-year-old Zambian male: a case report. [PDF]
Pan Afr Med J, 2021 Congenital tracheobronchomegaly, also known as Mounier Kuhn Syndrome (MKS) is a rare respiratory disorder characterized by dilatation of the trachea and bronchi.
Shahin S +4 more
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Tracheobronchomegaly, cough and recurrent chest infection: Mounier-Kuhn syndrome [PDF]
ERJ Open Research, 2020 Imran Satia +4 more
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