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Descriptor English: Tracheomalacia
Descriptor Spanish: Traqueomalacia
Descriptor traqueomalacia
Entry term(s) condromalacia de la tráquea
condromalacia traqueal
Scope note: Afección congénita o adquirida de subdesarrollo o degeneración del CARTÍLAGO de la TRÁQUEA. Resulta en una pared traqueal flácida que dificulta el mantenimiento de la permeabilidad de su luz. Se caracteriza por sibilancias y dificultad respiratoria. 
Descriptor Portuguese: Traqueomalácia
Descriptor French: Trachéomalacie
Entry term(s): Chondromalacia of Trachea
Trachea Chondromalacia
Trachea Chondromalacias
Tracheomalacias
Tree number(s): C05.182.895.500
C08.907.796.500
C16.131.621.953.500
C17.300.182.895.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D055090
Scope note: A congenital or acquired condition of underdeveloped or degeneration of CARTILAGE in the TRACHEA. This results in a floppy tracheal wall making patency difficult to maintain. It is characterized by wheezing and difficult breathing.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
CN congenital
CO complications
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EM embryology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Trachea (1963-2008)
Tracheal Diseases (1968-2008)
Public MeSH Note: 2009
History Note: 2009
DeCS ID: 53072
Unique ID: D055090
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 2009/01/01
Date of Entry: 2008/07/08
Tracheomalacia - Preferred
Concept UI M0513586
Scope note A congenital or acquired condition of underdeveloped or degeneration of CARTILAGE in the TRACHEA. This results in a floppy tracheal wall making patency difficult to maintain. It is characterized by wheezing and difficult breathing.
Preferred term Tracheomalacia
Entry term(s) Chondromalacia of Trachea
Trachea Chondromalacia
Trachea Chondromalacias
Tracheomalacias



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