Tracheal wall thickening

siehe auch

Tuberkulose
Sarkoidose
Granulomatose mit Polyangiitis
Amyloidose
Chronisch-entzündliche Darmerkrankungen
Tumoren der Trachea
Raumforderungen der Trachea
Rezidivierende Polychondritis
tracheobronchiale Metastasen
klebsiella rhinoscleromatis
invasive Aspergillose der Trachea
gestielte intratracheale Läsionen
Amyloidose des Tracheobronchialsystem
mukoepidermoides Karzinom
Karzinoid der Trachea
tracheal leiomyosarcoma
laryngo-tracheal papillomatosis

Tracheal wall thickening may have several causes. For diagnostic purposes, tracheal thickening may be categorized by length of airway involvement in order to narrow the differential diagnoses. Note that some etiologies may be associated with either focal or diffuse pattern of involvement.

Differential diagnosis

Focal tracheal wall thickening

iatrogenic - resulting from prior intubation/tracheostomy
inhalational injury
tumor
- primary - squamous cell carcinoma, adenoid cystic carcinoma, mucoepidermoid, neuroendocrine/carcinoid
- secondary - metastasis
tracheobronchial papillomatosis
granulomatous processes
- granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- tuberculosis

Diffuse tracheal wall thickening

post-intubation stenosis
amyloidosis
inflammatory bowel disease
tracheobronchial papillomatosis
relapsing polychondritis: characteristic sparing of posterior tracheal membrane
granulomatous processes
- granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- sarcoidosis
- infection (e.g. rhinoscleroma, tuberculosis)

Tracheal wall thickening

Differential diagnosis

Focal tracheal wall thickening

Diffuse tracheal wall thickening

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