Open AccessTracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastica
Author(s) -
İpek Özmen,
Nilüfer Kongar,
Korkmaz Oruç,
Şule Kızıltaş,
Aysun Çaltık Yılmaz,
Haluk C. Çalışır
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0b013e3181cd9d5e
Subject(s) - medicine , lumen (anatomy) , bronchoscopy , radiology , tracheal stenosis , stenosis , histopathology , chronic cough , tracheobronchomalacia , pathology , surgery , asthma
A 24-year-old woman presented with chronic cough and noisy breathing. Chest x-ray revealed diffuse irregularity and narrowing of the tracheal lumen. Thorax computed tomography showed irregularity, stenosis, and areas of ossification throughout the trachea and both main bronchia. Flexible bronchoscopy revealed multiple nodules protruding into the tracheal lumen. Histopathology of the nodules confirmed the diagnosis of "tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica." Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica is a rare, benign disease that is characterized by multiple cartilaginous and osseous submucosal nodules protruding through tracheal lumen and large bronchia. The etiology is still unexplained.