[Osteochondroplastic tracheopathy. Diagnostic confirmation. Experience with 8 cases].
We report our experience in 8 patients with osteochondroplastic tracheopathy and consider the importance of its diagnosis y biopsy in order to confirm histology and if possible etiology, because specific treatment could change the course of the disease. Methods such as radiology, CT-scan, respiratory function tests only give diagnostic suspicion, which is a previous step before confirmation by bronchoscopy with biopsy. To date, with the exception of a few cases, the diagnosis is made by necropsy. Thus, this justifies our emphasis in the diagnosis of this rare disease when it is suspected in living patients.
Núñez Cálix
N
N
Pérez Rodríguez
E
E
Vergara Ciordia
C
C
Gil Madre
J
J
Carrillo Arias
F
F
Casanova Macario
C
C
Zapatero Gaviria
J
J
Fogué Calvo
L
L
Golpe Gómez
A
A
Domínguez Reboiras
S
S
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010007:Osteochondritis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D010009:Osteochondrodysplasias / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
Traqueopatía osteocondroplásica. Confirmación diagnóstica. Experiencia en 8 casos.