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ArticleInternational medical case reports journal2023

Primary Tracheobronchial Amyloidosis Presenting with an Upper Airway Obstruction.

Zekewos Demissie, Nahom Zemedkun, Abraham Demile, Berhanu Nega, Yonas Bekuretsion, Bisrat Getachew, Bethelhem Berhanu

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Article in International medical case reports journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Zekewos DemissieDepartment of Internal Medicine, Lancet General Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID 0000-0001-6810-6619
Nahom ZemedkunDepartment of Internal Medicine, Lancet General Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.ORCID 0009-0006-8663-3096
Abraham DemileDepartment of Internal Medicine, Lancet General Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Berhanu NegaDepartment of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Yonas BekuretsionDepartment of Pathology, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Bisrat GetachewDepartment of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, St. Paul Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Bethelhem BerhanuDepartment of Radiology, St. Paul Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
Addis Ababa University · ETSt. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College · ET

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This is a case of localized primary tracheobronchial amyloidosis in a patient who presented with upper airway obstruction. Tracheobronchial amyloidosis is a type of localized bronchopulmonary amyloidosis that is frequently overlooked. It involves the deposition of amyloid protein on the tracheal and bronchial tissue, leading to progressive tracheal stenosis and airway obstruction that can be seen on imaging as a tracheal mass. Because of its significant diagnostic difficulty and therapeutic conundrum, it ought to be considered in the differential diagnosis of upper airway symptoms with an unknown etiology.

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tracheal masstracheobronchial amyloidosisupper airway obstruction

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PMID38020579
PMCPMC10661957
OpenAlexW4388776081

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