Tracheopathia Osteoplastica : A case report and review of the 16 cases in Japan

Abstract

A case of tracheopathia osteoplastica in a 62 year old woman is reported. She was admitted to our hospital because of an abnormal shadow in the chest x-ray which was point out the regular physical examination. The chest x-ray shows marked narrowing of the trachea, bilateral main bronchus and the truncus intermedius. The bronchofiberscope revealed characteristic findings, which showed multiple papillomas springing from the mucosa of the thrachea and bronchus and the diagnosis was confirmed by histological examination of biopsy material obtained with flexible bronchofiberscope. We studied the review of the 16th cases reported in Japan.