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What is tracheomalacia?

What is tracheomalacia? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (pathology) A condition in which the cartilaginous tissue in trachea is soft, such that the trachea partly collapses during respiration.
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The differential diagnosis of tracheomalacia includes laryngomalacia, subglottic stenosis, congenital cysts, vocal cord paralysis, and hypocalcemic tetany.
Flexible bronchoscopy demonstrated tracheomalacia and a collapse of the trachea at the stenotic segment.
Complications of tracheal stent placement in birds may include tracheitis and tracheomalacia.
Kniest dysplasia is a type of chondrodysplasia characterized by severe craniofacial abnormalities including tracheomalacia, midface hypoplasia, and cleft palate.
Tracheomalacia often improves as the baby grows, but severe damage to the trachea may require surgery or tracheostomy.
The patients had no associated cartilage abnormalities, such as cleft palate, laryngomalacia, tracheomalacia, micrognathia, or platyspondyly.

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