[Tracheobronchomegaly--Mounier-Kuhn syndrome--case report and review of the literature].
Tracheobronchomegaly is a rare disorder. A marked dilatation of the trachea and the main stem bronchi is the characteristic sign measured as an enlarged transverse diameter (mean +/- 3 SD). Bronchiectasis is usual. In about one third of the published cases a diverticulosis was described as demonstrated in one our cases. For diagnostic modern radiological methods (CT including 3 D reconstruction, MRT) and bronchoscopy are recommended. The number and seize of the diverticula are documented by tracheography or by bronchography. In a part of all cases of tracheobronchomegaly the cause of the disorder is known. Therefore a division into congenital and acquired tracheobronchomegaly is useful.
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Klinik für Lungenkrankheiten und Tuberkulose, Zentralklinik Bad Berka GmbH.
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Leonhardi
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D000368:Aged; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004240:Diverticulum / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014137:Tracheobronchomegaly / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology