“…The differential diagnoses include other diseases affecting the trachea, not only those
presenting localized involvement- such as primary tracheal neoplasms, injuries of
traumatic origin, and some infectious diseases-but also those presenting diffuse
involvement-amyloidosis, tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica, relapsing
polychondritis, laryngotracheobronchial papillomatosis, tracheobronchomegaly,
neurofibromatosis, Wegener's granulomatosis, lymphoma, and
paracoccidioidomycosis (5,7-12) .…”