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Practical Guide to Interventional Pulmonology

Multimodality Approach to Benign Central Airway Obstruction

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Cheng, GZ; Wahidi, MM
January 1, 2022

Central airway obstruction (CAO) is the narrowing of central airways (trachea, mainstem bronchi, and bronchus intermedius) due to benign and malignant diseases. In this chapter we focus on CAO due to benign diseases; it is important to note that “benign” here refers to the cause of the CAO (not caused by malignancy), but the consequences of benign CAO can be devastating and not benign in nature. The etiology of benign causes of CAO can be grouped into several large categories: mechanical/iatrogenic, inflammatory, infectious, dynamic, and idiopathic. The management of benign CAO depends on the etiology, type of lesion, and patient’s characteristics.

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Cheng, G. Z., & Wahidi, M. M. (2022). Multimodality Approach to Benign Central Airway Obstruction. In Practical Guide to Interventional Pulmonology (pp. 157–162). https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-70954-5.00018-5
Cheng, G. Z., and M. M. Wahidi. “Multimodality Approach to Benign Central Airway Obstruction.” In Practical Guide to Interventional Pulmonology, 157–62, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-70954-5.00018-5.
Cheng GZ, Wahidi MM. Multimodality Approach to Benign Central Airway Obstruction. In: Practical Guide to Interventional Pulmonology. 2022. p. 157–62.
Cheng, G. Z., and M. M. Wahidi. “Multimodality Approach to Benign Central Airway Obstruction.” Practical Guide to Interventional Pulmonology, 2022, pp. 157–62. Scopus, doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-70954-5.00018-5.
Cheng GZ, Wahidi MM. Multimodality Approach to Benign Central Airway Obstruction. Practical Guide to Interventional Pulmonology. 2022. p. 157–162.

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