Devbhandari Mohan P, Mirza Tahir, Hartley Michael, Duncan Andrew J
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool FY3 8NR, UK.
Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2005 Sep;28(3):495-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2005.03.050.
Tracheopathia osteoplastica is a rare disease of the tracheobronchial tree, which is often misdiagnosed and recognised only at post-mortem. We report the case of a 66-year-old man with this condition, mistakenly thought to be suffering from chronic bronchiectasis. He underwent successful coronary artery bypass grafting for unstable angina using an off-pump technique. A case report and brief literature review is presented.