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Expiratory central airway collapse - an overlooked entity?: Two case reports.

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INTRODUCTION:Expiratory central airway collapse is defined by excessive inward bulging of either tracheobronchial posterior membrane or cartilage. The former is called excessive dynamic airway collapse (EDAC), and the latter, depending on the site of collapse, tracheomalacia, bronchomalacia or tracheobronchomalacia. Due to their non-specific symptoms and lack of awareness amongst clinicians they tend to be mislabeled as common obstructive lung disorders, or complicate their course undetected. Particular controversies refer to EDAC sometimes considered just as a symptom of obstructive lung disease and not a separate entity. Nonetheless, a growing body of evidence indicates that EDAC might be present in patients without apparent obstructive lung disease or it might be an independent risk factor in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or asthma patients. PATIENT CONCERNS:Patient #1 was admitted because of idiopathic chronic cough whereas patient #2 was admitted for differential diagnosis of dyspnea of uncertain etiology. In both patients symptoms were unresponsive to bronchodilators and inhaled corticosteroids. FINDINGS AND DIAGNOSIS:In both patients an excess collapse of tracheobronchial posterior membrane was detected during bronchoscopy; in patient #1, of right main bronchus and right upper lobe bronchus and in patient #2 of right upper lobe bronchus and both main bronchi. Excess central airway collapse in patient #2 was also visualized on expiratory chest CT. In patient #1 spirometry did not reveal obturation, whereas in patient #2 only mild, irreversible, obstruction was revealed, disproportionate to patients significant breathlessness. INTERVENTIONS:Both patients were treated with N-acetylcysteine and adjustable positive expiratory pressure valves. OUTCOMES:Due to aforementioned treatment chronic cough in patient #1 subsided almost completely whereas patient's #2 dyspnea improved significantly. CONCLUSIONS:In presented cases EDAC was an unexpected finding, even though, it firmly corresponded with reported symptoms. Treatment modification led to improvement of patients quality of life.

journal_name

Medicine (Baltimore)

journal_title

Medicine

authors

Janowiak P,Rogoza K,Siemińska A,Jassem E

doi

10.1097/MD.0000000000022449

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-10-16 00:00:00

pages

e22449

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eissn

0025-7974

issn

1536-5964

pii

00005792-202010160-00013

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Expiratory central airway collapse - an overlooked entity?: Two case reports.