The case of a male, 61 years of age, presenting with occasional hemoptysis and shortness of breath (duration of 1 year) is reported. Congestive heart failure was presumed and supported by chest x-ray and echocardiography. The patient improved with diuretic and angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor therapy, but continued to experience cough and occasional hemoptysis. Bronchoscopy reveale...

The differential diagnoses include other diseases affecting the trachea, not only those presenting localized involvement— such as primary tracheal neoplasms, injuries of traumatic origin , and some infectious diseases—but also those presenting diffuse involvement—amyloidosis, tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica, relapsing polychondritis, laryngotracheo-bronchial papillomatosis, tracheobro...

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplasfica (lEO) is a rare disease, although it probably occurs more frequently than expected. During an eight-year period, nine patients with TO were found among 2,180 performed bronchoscopies. There were four women and five men, with a mean age of 60 years. Cough, expectoration, dyspnea, hemoptysis, and recurrent airway infections were common, and most of the pa...

Trakeobronkopatia Osteokondroplastika, trakeobronşial sistemde lümen içine uzanan osteokartilajinöz yapıda submukozal nodüllerin izlendiği nadir görülen benign bir hastalıktır. Hastaların çoğu asemptomatik olup klinik tablo değişkendir. Eforla nefes darlığı, öksürük, hırıltılı solunum, tekrarlayan enfeksiyonlar ve hemoptizi gibi çeşitli solunum semptomları ile ortaya çıkabilir. Genel olarak beş...