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Case Reports
. 2021 Jan 28;14(1):e239876.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-239876.

Mounier-Kuhn syndrome

Aswin Chandran  1 , Prem Sagar  2 , Ashu Seith Bhalla  3 , Rajeev Kumar  1
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Case Reports

Mounier-Kuhn syndrome

Aswin Chandran et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: ear; nose and throat/otolaryngology; respiratory medicine.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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Figure 1
High-resolution CT (axial view) showing dilated trachea (transverse diameter of 3.21 cm at the level of D1–D2) with right posterolateral tracheal diverticula (A, black arrow), multiplanar reconstruction sagittal and coronal view (B, C) showing multiple small diverticula (black arrows) along the posterior tracheal and bronchial wall with scalloped appearance.
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