title: Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare associated with tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica.
abstract: A previously healthy woman aged 53 years presented with cough, night sweats and weakness. Chest roentgenogram revealed a reticulonodular infiltrate of the right upper lung. Multiple sputum cultures were positive for Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare, with no immunodeficiency disease. Fibreoptic endoscopy showed multiple tracheal cartilaginous knobs from a tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica. The infiltrate improved after chest physiotherapy, but sputum cultures remained positive. Despite its low incidence, tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica can be associated with atypical mycobacterial disease.
authors.affiliation: Service of Pneumology, Catholic University of Louvain, University Clinics of Mont-Godinne, Yvoir, Belgium.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Baugnee
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Delaunois
mesh_terms: D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D015270:Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare Infection / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis