Paediatric Pulmonology and Allergology

2003 October, Vol. VI, No. 2 (pp.2312-2315)

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica

Edvardas Danila, Remigijus Nargela, Regina Aleksoniene, Bronislovas Satkauskas, Rolandas Zablockis

Tra­che­ob­ron­cho­pat­hia os­te­o­chon­drop­las­ti­ca (TO) is among the most mi­sun­ders­to­od di­sor­ders in pul­mo­no­lo­gy. TO is ra­re di­se­a­se of un­known ori­gin cha­rac­te­ri­zed by the de­po­sit of os­te­o­car­ti­la­gi­nous tis­sue in the sub­mu­co­sa of  la­rynx, tra­chea, and bron­chi le­a­ding to nar­ro­wing of the air­way lu­men. In the pre­sent stu­dy, we ret­ros­pec­ti­ve­ly ana­ly­zed the in­ci­den­ce, cli­ni­cal pre­sen­ta­tion, diag­no­sis of TO in our pa­tient po­pu­la­tion. From 1993 to 2002, 7351 fle­xib­le bron­chos­co­pies we­re per­for­med in our cli­nic. In 16 pa­tients, TO was diag­no­sed in­ci­den­tal­ly. The­re we­re no ty­pi­cal signs or symp­toms to TO. Bron­chos­co­pic vi­su­a­li­za­tion of tra­che­ob­ron­chial tree is most im­por­tant diag­nos­tic test that can diag­no­se TO.

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