Mounier-Kuhn Syndrome: Anesthetic Experience
Mounier Kuhn syndrome, or congenital tracheobronchomegaly, is an under diagnosed clinical entity with peculiar anatomical and physiological features making anesthetic care challenging.
Deepu Sasikumaran Ushakumari +2 more
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A case of tracheobronchomegaly misdiagnosed as COPD: case report and literature review [PDF]
Background Tracheobronchomegaly, also known as Mounier-Kuhn syndrome (MKS), is a rare congenital condition characterized by significant dilation of the trachea and main bronchi along with an abnormal wall structure.
Sai Yuan, Weiran Li, Mao Hua
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Mounier–Kuhn syndrome: a tripartite analysis bridging clinical epidemiology, imaging evolution, and global research landscapes [PDF]
Background Mounier–Kuhn syndrome (MKS) is characterized by tracheobronchomegaly with thinning or atrophy of the elastic tissue. Due to low clinical awareness, MKS is frequently overlooked on chest CT examinations, leading to diagnostic delays. This study
Yanjie Wang +10 more
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Mounier-Kuhn syndrome - a case report of airway management during general anesthesia [PDF]
Introduction: 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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Corrigendum: Tracheobronchomegaly associated with tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica: a case report [PDF]
Zhen Hua Li +4 more
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A case report of unusual recurrent bronchopneumonia infections in Mounier-Kuhn syndrome [PDF]
Mounier-Kuhn syndrome is a rare airway disease characterized by tracheal and bronchial dilatation, primarily affecting middle-aged men. We present a case of Mounier-Kuhn syndrome in a 40-year-old man with a history of recurrent respiratory infections ...
Sara Rossi, MD +8 more
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Tracheobronchomegaly: A rare but easily misdiagnosed disease
Lili Zhi
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Tracheobronchomegaly, cough and recurrent chest infection: Mounier-Kuhn syndrome [PDF]
Imran Satia +4 more
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Anesthetic management of a patient with Mounier-Kuhn syndrome undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery -A case report- [PDF]
Mounier-Kuhn-syndrome patients have markedly dilated trachea and main bronchi due to an atrophy or absence of elastic fibers and thinning of smooth muscle layers in the tracheobronchial tree.
Jeong Jin Min +5 more
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Chronic rhinosinusitis and asthma commonly co‐occur, but no studies have leveraged the very large sample sizes needed to address whether preexisting CRS is associated with new onset asthma over time. In a longitudinal study of over 900,000 persons from 2008 to 2019, prevalent CRS (identified with sinus CT scan or diagnoses) was associated with 1.5‐ to ...
Brian S. Schwartz +9 more
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