Magnified Airway Study

EXAM: Magnified airway.

CLINICAL HISTORY: An 11-month-old female with episodes of difficulty in breathing, cough.

TECHNIQUE: Multiple fluoroscopic spot images of the pharyngeal airway, trachea, and mainstem bronchi were performed in various phases of respiration.

FINDINGS: The airway is patent throughout its course. Specifically, the trachea and both mainstem bronchi do not demonstrate evidence of dynamic collapse greater than 50%.

No filling defects are identified.

The vocal cords demonstrate normal opening and closing.

IMPRESSION: Normal magnified airway examination.