A case of a pulmonary artery sling misdiagnosed as refractory asthma for 20 years

A case of a pulmonary artery sling misdiagnosed as refractory asthma for 20 years

Key Clinical Message We report the case of a 25‐year‐old woman with a pulmonary artery sling who was misdiagnosed as having childhood‐onset refractory asthma for approximately 20 years. The use of computed tomography may be useful for diagnosing this rare condition. We report the case of a 25‐year‐o...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical case reports 2017-06, Vol.5 (6), p.863-866
Hauptverfasser: Inui, Toshihide, Yamada, Hideyasu, Hida, Norihito, Terashima, Hideo, Saito, Takefumi, Hizawa, Nobuyuki
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Sprache:eng
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Asthma
Case Report
Case Reports
Fractional exhaled nitric oxide
Pulmonary arteries
pulmonary artery sling
refractory asthma
tracheomalacia
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Zusammenfassung:Key Clinical Message We report the case of a 25‐year‐old woman with a pulmonary artery sling who was misdiagnosed as having childhood‐onset refractory asthma for approximately 20 years. The use of computed tomography may be useful for diagnosing this rare condition. We report the case of a 25‐year‐old woman with a pulmonary artery sling who was misdiagnosed as having childhood‐onset refractory asthma for approximately 20 years. The use of computed tomography may be useful for diagnosing this rare condition.
ISSN:2050-0904
2050-0904
DOI:10.1002/ccr3.960