Smoking-Associated Endotracheal Hair Growth: A Case Report on Tracheal Complications

Paul Thöne; Roland Kropfmüller; Daniela Gompelmann; Bernd Lamprecht; David Lang

doi:10.12659/AJCR.943909

18 June 2024 : Case report Austria

Smoking-Associated Endotracheal Hair Growth: A Case Report on Tracheal Complications

Unusual clinical course, Challenging differential diagnosis, Rare disease

Paul Thöne

^12ABCDEF*, Roland Kropfmüller^12BCD, Daniela Gompelmann^3DEF, Bernd Lamprecht

^12ADE, David Lang

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DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.943909

Am J Case Rep 2024; 25:e943909

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Figure 2. Bronchoscopic images of the patient’s tracheal lumen before (A, B) and after (C) integral restitution. Image A was taken in 2016, image B in 2019, and image C in 2022. A and B show endotracheal hair growth and fibrinous coating. In C, hair growth had been successfully terminated and the tracheal skin graft appears structurally improved in direct comparison. Additionally, there is a small scar of laser coagulation in the same location as in A and B.

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