Two Cases of Tracheopathia Osteoplastica.

Park, Myung Jae; Woo, In Sook; Mo, Eun Kyung; Lee, Myoung Koo; Hyun, In Kyu; Jung, Ki Suck; Park, Hae Jung; Yang, Ik; Shim, Jung Won

doi:1995.42.5.760

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 42(5); 1995 > Article

Case Report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1995;42(5):760-766.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1995.42.5.760 Published online October 1, 1995.

Two Cases of Tracheopathia Osteoplastica.

Myung Jae Park, In Sook Woo, Eun Kyung Mo, Myoung Koo Lee, In Kyu Hyun, Ki Suck Jung, Hae Jung Park, Ik Yang, Jung Won Shim

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.

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.

Key Words: Tracheopathia osteoplastica, Lobar atelectasis, Bronchoscopy