Chenbhanich Jirat, Villa-Camacho Juan, Konter Jason
Department of Internal Medicine, Metrowest Medical Center, 115 Lincoln St, Framingham, MA 01702, USA.
Department of Internal Medicine, Metrowest Medical Center, 115 Lincoln St, Framingham, MA 01702, USA; Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Metrowest Medical Center, 115 Lincoln St, Framingham, MA 01702, USA.
Eur J Intern Med. 2017 Jul;42:e7-e8. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2017.01.011. Epub 2017 Jan 18.
Tracheobronchomegaly (Mounier-Kuhn syndrome) is a rare condition characterized by an abnormally enlarged trachea and main bronchi. Herein, we present a case of 79-year-old male with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and acute hypoxemic respiratory failure due to multilobar pneumonia. Computed tomography of the chest demonstrated a markedly dilated trachea, with the transverse diameter of 31mm and the sagittal diameter of 30mm. The clinical manifestations as well as its diagnosis, classification, and treatment are discussed.
