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CASE REPORT article

Front. Med.
Sec. Pulmonary Medicine
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fmed.2024.1444995
This article is part of the Research Topic Case Reports in Pulmonary Medicine 2024 View all 9 articles

Tracheobronchomegaly associated with tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica:a case report

Provisionally accepted
Zhen Hua Li Zhen Hua Li 1,2Lu-Xia Kong Lu-Xia Kong 1,2*Shan Zhu Shan Zhu 1,2*Yi Hu Yi Hu 1,2*Shan Gao Shan Gao 1,2*
  • 1 The Centre Hospital of Wuhan, Wuhan, China
  • 2 Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China

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    The condition of tracheobronchomegaly (TBM) is a rare occurrence characterized by the dilatation of the trachea and bronchi due to severe atrophy of elastic fibers, accompanied by thinning of the muscularis and the development of diverticula between cartilaginous rings. The etiology remains unclear.Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (TO) is another uncommon airway disease with an unknown etiolog.The co-occurrence of the two diseases has not been reported.Herein, we report and discuss a case involving an elderly man with TBM and TO who has a history of recurrent pneumonia over the past 6 years.

    Keywords: Zhen Hua Li: Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, investigation, methodology, project administration, resources

    Received: 06 Jun 2024; Accepted: 09 Sep 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Li, Kong, Zhu, Hu and Gao. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence:
    Lu-Xia Kong, The Centre Hospital of Wuhan, Wuhan, China
    Shan Zhu, The Centre Hospital of Wuhan, Wuhan, China
    Yi Hu, The Centre Hospital of Wuhan, Wuhan, China
    Shan Gao, The Centre Hospital of Wuhan, Wuhan, China

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