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Tracheomalacia (Head and Neck)

Figure 3 : Tracheobronchomalacia with the innominate artery compressing the trachea, in a 5-month-old infant with stridor. Same projection obtained during end expiration. Note the marked collapse of the entire trachea (arrow), which is most severe at the expected location of the innominate artery.

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Airway fluoroscopy can confirm tracheomalacia; tracheomalacia maybe differentiated from fixed stenotic lesion (Fig. 2, Fig. 3)

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