Park S S, Shin D H, Lee D H, Jeon S C, Lee J H, Lee J D
Department of Medicine, Hanyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Respiration. 1995;62(1):43-5. doi: 10.1159/000196387.
Tracheopathia osteoplastica (TO) is a relatively rare benign disease of the trachea and major bronchi, characterized by cartilaginous and bony submucosal nodules covered by intact mucosa, which may cause narrowing and rigidity of the upper airways. The diagnosis of TO is rarely considered because of a lack of awareness of this entity, rather than the reported rare occurrence. We intend to report herein a case initially misinterpreted as bronchial asthma but later disclosed through computerized tomography (CT) and bronchoscopic biopsies as TO.
骨化性气管病（TO）是一种相对罕见的气管和主支气管良性疾病，其特征是黏膜下有软骨和骨性结节，表面黏膜完整，这可能导致上呼吸道狭窄和僵硬。由于对该疾病实体缺乏认识，而非其报道的罕见发生率，TO的诊断很少被考虑。我们在此报告一例最初被误诊为支气管哮喘，但后来通过计算机断层扫描（CT）和支气管镜活检确诊为TO的病例。
