Misdiagnosis asthma in adult, three rare causes.

Introduction: All that wheezes is not asthma. Although, asthma is the most common cause of wheeze and cough in children and adults, it is often attributed inappropriately to these symptoms from other causes.

Aim: We illustrate through this manuscript three rare causes of wheeze in adults, misdiagnosis as asthma.

Asthma in Menopausal Women: Clinical and Functional Particularities.

Background: Hormonal changes in women, especially at menopausal transition, may have significant consequences on respiratory function. This issue in asthmatic patients is more frequent, more severe, and less controlled after menopause. Tunisian data regarding this issue are limited; therefore, we assessed the clinical and functional particularities of asthma at menopausal transition.

Tracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastica: End Stage of Tracheo-Bronchial Amyloidosis?

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica is a rare idiopathic disease of the trachea and the main bronchi, characterized by multiple submucosal osteocartilaginous nodules. Although the etiology of tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica remains unknown, several theories have been proposed. We report a case of a 47-year-old non-smoker woman with wheezing dyspnea over the past two years, which was treated as asthma without improvement.