Tracheal buckling
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Tracheal buckling is a normal finding in young infants when it is more flexible. There is typically deviation of the trachea anteriorly and to the right (up to 90 degrees°) and any other configuration (i.e. to the left or posteriorly) should raise the possibility of underlying pathology.
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Care should be taken when evaluating the prevertebral soft tissues, which may be artificially thickened by anterior buckling and a misdiagnosis of retropharyngeal abscess may result2.
-<p><strong>Tracheal buckling</strong> is a normal finding in young infants when it is more flexible. There is typically deviation of the <a title="trachea" href="/articles/trachea">trachea</a> anteriorly and to the right (up to 90 degrees) and any other configuration (i.e. to the left or posteriorly) should raise the possibility of underlying pathology. </p><h4>Practical points</h4><p>Care should be taken when evaluating the prevertebral soft tissues, which may be artificially thickened by anterior buckling and a misdiagnosis of <a title="Retropharyngeal abscess" href="/articles/retropharyngeal-abscess">retropharyngeal abscess</a> may result <sup>2</sup>.</p>- +<p><strong>Tracheal buckling</strong> is a normal finding in young infants when it is more flexible. There is typically deviation of the <a href="/articles/trachea">trachea</a> anteriorly and to the right (up to 90<strong>°</strong>) and any other configuration (i.e. to the left or posteriorly) should raise the possibility of underlying pathology. </p><h4>Practical points</h4><p>Care should be taken when evaluating the prevertebral soft tissues, which may be artificially thickened by anterior buckling and a misdiagnosis of <a href="/articles/retropharyngeal-abscess">retropharyngeal abscess</a> may result <sup>2</sup>.</p>
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