Tuberc Respir Dis.
1995 Oct;42(5):760-766. 10.4046/trd.1995.42.5.760.
Two Cases of Tracheopathia Osteoplastica
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal Medicine, Hallym University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Radiology, Hallym University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Department of Pathology, Hallym University, College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
- KMID: 2128556
- DOI: http://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1995.42.5.760
Abstract
- Tracheopathia osteoplastica is a rare disease of unknown cause and characterized by cartilaginous or bony projection into the tracheobronchial lumen, usually not involved posterior membranous portion of tracheobronchial tree. In the past, most of the cases were diagnosed incidentally at autopsy. But after the introduction of bronchoscopy and computed tomography, antemortem diagnosis was reported. Because of initial presenting symptoms were indolent and non-specific, misdiagnosis was reported frequently and correct diagnosis was delayed usually. We report two cases of tracheopathia osteoplastica diagnosed by fiberoptic bronchoscopic biopsy.
