Gilbert Christopher R, Cox Phillip D, Toth Jennifer W, Kaifi Jussuf T, Reed Michael F
Department of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA.
J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2013 Jan;20(1):87-9. doi: 10.1097/LBR.0b013e3182821cf9.
The presence of congenital tracheobronchial abnormalities remain rare and have been reported to range from 0.1% to 2% in the literature. The most commonly described abnormalities are the tracheal bronchus and the accessory cardiac bronchus. We present the case of a 67-year-old man presenting for evaluation of interstitial lung disease, on computed tomography found to have presence of both the anomalies; the findings later confirmed on bronchoscopy. We believe this report is important as it adds more descriptive information regarding this unusual presentation, including bronchoscopic and computed tomographic images. We believe that it is imperative that bronchoscopists are cognizant of these congenital abnormalities and their combinations. Inability to properly characterize these abnormalities has a potential leading to unnecessary investigations of these relatively benign entities.
先天性气管支气管异常的发生率仍然很低,据文献报道,其发生率在0.1%至2%之间。最常描述的异常是气管支气管和副心支气管。我们报告一例67岁男性,因间质性肺疾病前来评估,计算机断层扫描发现同时存在这两种异常;随后支气管镜检查证实了这些发现。我们认为本报告很重要,因为它增加了关于这种不寻常表现的更多描述性信息,包括支气管镜和计算机断层扫描图像。我们认为支气管镜检查医生必须认识到这些先天性异常及其组合。无法正确识别这些异常可能导致对这些相对良性病变进行不必要的检查。