| Title | Computed tomography diagnosis of tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica. | | Author(s) | White BD, Kong A, Khoo E, Southcott AM | | Institution | Department of Medical Imaging, Flinders Medical Centre, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia. bdjkwhite@hotmail.com | | Source | Australas Radiol 2005 Aug; 49(4):319-21. | | MeSH | Bronchial Diseases
Bronchoscopy
Cartilage Diseases
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
Imaging, Three-Dimensional
Middle Aged
Ossification, Heterotopic
Tracheal Diseases
| | Abstract | Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (TO) is a rare benign disease characterized by the presence of osseous and cartilaginous submucosal nodules projecting into the tracheobronchial tree. Most cases are asymptomatic and discovered incidentally at post-mortem. We identified a case of TO on thoracic spiral CT and confirmed the diagnosis of bronchoscopy. This article reviews the imaging characteristics of TO, and shows the 3-D virtual bronchoscopic and multiplanar reconstruction appearances of TO. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Case Reports
Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 16097076 |
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