Long-segment tracheal stenosis with left pulmonary artery sling in a low- to middle-income country setting: Value of imaging and bronchoscopy

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Published: 2026-07-03
DOI: https://doi.org/10.7196/AJTCCM.2026.v32i2.4286
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tracheal stenosis, pulmonary artery sling, LMIC, imaging, bronchoscopy

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P Goussard
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1146-1307
J Janson
Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgical Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6029-9487
E Eber
Division of Paediatric Pulmonology and Allergology, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Austria
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7628-030X
A Gie
Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9001-3387
J Verster
Division of Forensic Medicine, Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University and Forensic Pathology Service, Tygerberg Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1273-5456
L Ebert
Image Forensics, Zurich Forensic Science Institute, Zurich, Switzerland
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8215-7006
S Andronikou
Department of Radiology, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Penn., USA; Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Penn., USA
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1015-9790

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Goussard P, Janson J, Eber E, Gie A, Verster J, Ebert L, et al. Long-segment tracheal stenosis with left pulmonary artery sling in a low- to middle-income country setting: Value of imaging and bronchoscopy. Afr J Thoracic Crit Care Med [Internet]. 2026 Jul. 3 [cited 2026 Jul. 5];32(2):e4826. Available from: https://samajournals.co.za/index.php/ajtccm/article/view/4826

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