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ORPHA:95430Morphological anomaly
Also called Congenital major airway collapse
What it is
Congenital tracheomalacia is a rare condition where the trachea is soft and flexible causing the tracheal wall to collapse when exhaling, coughing or crying, that usually presents in infancy, and that is characterized by stridor and noisy breathing or upper respiratory infections. Tracheomalacia improves by the age of 18-24 months.
Key facts
- Age of onset
- Infancy
- Inheritance
- No data available
- Classified as
- Morphological anomaly
Signs and symptoms
Common30–79%
7Sometimes5–29%
20- Abnormal heart morphology
- Abnormal pulmonary artery morphology
- Cutis laxa
- Cyanosis
- Dyspnea
- Esophageal atresia
- Failure to thrive
- Feeding difficulties
and 12 more in this range
Rare1–4%
16- Apnea
- Atrial septal defect
- Bronchiectasis
- Bronchomalacia
- Cardiomegaly
- Double aortic arch
- Emphysema
- Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return
and 8 more in this range
These ranges are how often a sign appears across everyone diagnosed, not a prediction for one person — most people have some of these and not others. Orphanet also records findings that are specifically absent in this disease; those are in the data but not listed here.
ICD-10 codes
Cross-references
Orphadata Science: Free access data from Orphanet. © INSERM 1999. Data version 2026-06-23. Available under CC BY 4.0. This is a reference, not medical advice.
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