congenital tracheomalacia
Findings
No curated finding names congenital tracheomalacia yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
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.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0019804), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
45 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Anomalous tracheal cartilageHPOHP:0004468
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- TracheomalaciaHPOHP:0002779
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- CoughHPOHP:0012735
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Decreased peak expiratory flowHPOHP:0032355
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- LaryngomalaciaHPOHP:0001601
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Recurrent upper respiratory tract infectionsHPOHP:0002788
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Respiratory insufficiencyHPOHP:0002093
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- StridorHPOHP:0010307
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- WheezingHPOHP:0030828
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal heart morphologyHPOHP:0001627
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Abnormal pulmonary artery morphologyHPOHP:0030966
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Cutis laxaHPOHP:0000973
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
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- CyanosisHPOHP:0000961
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- DyspneaHPOHP:0002094
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Esophageal atresiaHPOHP:0002032
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Failure to thriveHPOHP:0001508
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Feeding difficultiesHPOHP:0011968
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Gastroesophageal refluxHPOHP:0002020
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
Other names
2 names
Resolves to: congenital tracheomalacia
- Also called
- congenital major airway collapsetracheomalacia, congenital