TY - JOUR
T1 - Pebbled trachea: A case series and literature review of tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica
AU - Sharma, Deepthi
AU - Kamath, Sindhu
AU - Acharya K, Vishak
AU - Rai, Sharada
PY - 2009/11/30
Y1 - 2009/11/30
N2 - We report a series of three cases diagnosed with tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica on bronchoscopy and computed tomography (CT) chest. Most patients were diagnosed incidentally on evaluation for chronic cough. The association of this entity with chronic bacterial infections and tuberculosis is an intriguing entity that was observed in our patients. Nodular, ulcerative, and calcific lesions in the trachea are bronchoscopic findings seen in quite a few other conditions posing diagnostic challenges. However, the classical bronchoscopic appearance with CT imaging in an appropriate clinical context can lead to an accurate diagnosis of this condition. We describe this array of cases with varying clinical presentations, their associations, and deliberate the literature reviews on this rare entity.
AB - We report a series of three cases diagnosed with tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica on bronchoscopy and computed tomography (CT) chest. Most patients were diagnosed incidentally on evaluation for chronic cough. The association of this entity with chronic bacterial infections and tuberculosis is an intriguing entity that was observed in our patients. Nodular, ulcerative, and calcific lesions in the trachea are bronchoscopic findings seen in quite a few other conditions posing diagnostic challenges. However, the classical bronchoscopic appearance with CT imaging in an appropriate clinical context can lead to an accurate diagnosis of this condition. We describe this array of cases with varying clinical presentations, their associations, and deliberate the literature reviews on this rare entity.
UR - https://www.jgid.org/preprintarticle.asp?id=329793#cadd
M3 - Article
SN - 0974-777X
VL - 20
JO - Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
JF - Journal of Global Infectious Diseases
IS - 20
ER -