Tracheal stenosis due to bilateral arterial aneurysms.

نویسندگان

  • N C Munro
  • D Soppitt
  • R A Brewis
چکیده

The case is presented of an 82 year old woman with breathlessness, stridor, and upper mediastinal widening on chest radiography. Computed tomographic scanning showed tracheal compression by aneurysms of the brachiocephalic and left common carotid arteries.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Thorax

دوره 49 2  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1994