title: [Osteochondroplastic tracheopathy. Diagnostic confirmation. Experience with 8 cases].
abstract: 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.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Núñez Cálix
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Pérez Rodríguez
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vergara Ciordia
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gil Madre
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Carrillo Arias
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Casanova Macario
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zapatero Gaviria
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Fogué Calvo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Golpe Gómez
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Domínguez Reboiras
mesh_terms: 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
vernacular_title: Traqueopatía osteocondroplásica. Confirmación diagnóstica. Experiencia en 8 casos.