[Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica]

Pneumonol Alergol Pol. 2002;70(11-12):601-7.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (TO) is a rare disease of unknown etiology affecting mainly the trachea and large bronchi. It is characterized by the presence of multiple submucosal osseus and/or cartilaginous nodules. The authors report a case of 74-year-old woman in whom fiberoptic bronchoscopy, performed because of hemoptysis, revealed typical feature of TO. Besides the typical nodules protruding into the lumen of trachea and main bronchi, a small soft nodule in the larynx was found. On histological examination it was showed to be polyp with regions of inflammation and necrosis. The direct relation between such a laryngeal polyp and TO seems to be very unlikely.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Bronchi / pathology
  • Bronchial Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Bronchial Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Bronchial Diseases / pathology
  • Bronchography
  • Bronchoscopy
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Osteochondrodysplasias / diagnosis*
  • Osteochondrodysplasias / diagnostic imaging
  • Osteochondrodysplasias / pathology
  • Time Factors
  • Trachea / diagnostic imaging
  • Trachea / pathology
  • Tracheal Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Tracheal Diseases / diagnostic imaging
  • Tracheal Diseases / pathology
  • Treatment Outcome