Open AccessCongenital Anomaly of Combined Tracheal and Accessory Cardiac Bronchus
Author(s) -
Christopher R. Gilbert,
Phillip D. Cox,
Jennifer Toth,
Jussuf T. Kaifi,
Michael F. Reed
Publication year - 2013
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.0b013e3182821cf9
Subject(s) - medicine , bronchus , bronchoscopy , flexible bronchoscopy , presentation (obstetrics) , computed tomographic , radiology , computed tomography , lung , respiratory disease
The presence of congenital tracheobronchial abnormalities remain rare and have been reported to range from 0.1% to 2% in the literature. The most commonly described abnormalities are the tracheal bronchus and the accessory cardiac bronchus. We present the case of a 67-year-old man presenting for evaluation of interstitial lung disease, on computed tomography found to have presence of both the anomalies; the findings later confirmed on bronchoscopy. We believe this report is important as it adds more descriptive information regarding this unusual presentation, including bronchoscopic and computed tomographic images. We believe that it is imperative that bronchoscopists are cognizant of these congenital abnormalities and their combinations. Inability to properly characterize these abnormalities has a potential leading to unnecessary investigations of these relatively benign entities.