Open AccessPartial Duplication of the Trachea in an Adult
Author(s) -
Sushmita Choudhury,
Anand Patel
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of bronchology and interventional pulmonology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.648
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1944-6586
pISSN - 1948-8270
DOI - 10.1097/lbr.0b013e3181f55a47
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchoscopy , gene duplication , diverticulum (mollusc) , bronchus , right main bronchus , flexible bronchoscopy , radiology , anatomy , surgery , respiratory disease , lung , biochemistry , chemistry , gene
Partial duplication of the trachea is a very rare congenital tracheal anomaly that is detected during infancy. To our knowledge, there are only 3 reported cases of partial duplication of the trachea in the literature, which were all detected during infancy. We are reporting the first case of partial duplication of the trachea in an adult, which was detected accidentally during routine diagnostic bronchoscopy. Partial duplication of the trachea can easily be misdiagnosed as an accessory bronchus or congenital tracheal diverticulum, if it is not carefully evaluated. It is possible that similar cases in the past may have been misdiagnosed as tracheal bronchus or congenital tracheal diverticulum on bronchoscopy.