Tracheobronchial stenosis

Tracheobronchial stenosis is a descriptive term given a spectrum of disorders which can result is focal or diffuse narrowings of the trachea and bronchi. The term can encompass.

• tracheal stenosis
• bronchial stenosis

Radiographic assessment

CT

MinIP images are often helpful for better appreciation. If severe enough, may also show features of resorptive (obstructive) atelectasis of segments of lung distal to the stenosis.

See also

• diffuse tracheal narrowing