Management Principles of Nonmalignant Airway Obstruction
Type of stenosis Pathology Intraluminal Inflammatory: Wegener’s granulomatosis (systemic) Sarcoidosis Relapsing polychondritis (with malacia) Infections: endobronchial tuberculosis Aspergillosis Papillomatosis Hamartoma Hemangioma Tracheopathia osteoplastica Amyloidosis Pseudotumor Granulation tissue/granuloma Broncholith Foreign body…