Barata, Margarida and Gomes, Ricardo and Moreira, Catarina and Soares, Jorge (2020) Tracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastica: Two Different Facets of a Rare Entity. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 7 (11). pp. 1-4. ISSN ISSN: 2284-2594
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Abstract
Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (TBPO) is an uncommon benign disease, characterized by osseous or metaplastic cartilaginous nodules in the submucosa of the tracheobronchial tree. TBPO is easy to misdiagnose due to its non-specific clinical manifestation. We describe two cases of TBPO. The first patient was a 57-year-old woman with nocturnal dry cough and wheezing, in whom bronchoscopy revealed small diffuse mucosal irregularities involving the airway until the segmental bronchi. The other patient was a 69-year-old man with progressive worsening dyspnoea and productive cough presenting with severe stenosis of the trachea. Histological examination of both cases was consistent with TBPO. These cases highlight distinct forms of presentation of this rare entity.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Rare diseases, pulmonology, tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica, bronchial fibroscopy |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 15 Dec 2021 14:05 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Dec 2021 14:05 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21041 |
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