Infected tracheal diverticulum: a rare association with alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
Tracheal diverticulum, defined as a benign outpouching of the tracheal wall, is rarely diagnosed in clinical practice. It can be congenital or acquired in origin, and most cases are asymptomatic, typically being diagnosed postmortem. We report a case of a 69-year-old woman who was hospitalized after...
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| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia
2014-12-01
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| Series: | Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-37132014000600669&lng=en&tlng=en |