The indications for high resolution CT (HRCT) and bronchoscopy often coincide in patients with recurrent respiratory tract infections, chronic cough and wheezing, symptoms often related to tracheomalacia (TM). However, the efficacy for detecting TM in young children by HRCT has not been investigated. The aim of this investigation is to evaluate the ability to detect TM on clinical HRCT relative to bronchoscopy as a reference standard and compare several quantitative methods of determining the presence of TM on CT. Read More

Meeting name: SPR 2017 Annual Meeting & Categorical Course , 2017

Authors: Xia Christina, Das Prasnjeet, Thomen Robert, Woods Jason, Fleck Robert

Keywords: Tracheomalacia, Bronchoscopy, Computed Tomography