Off pump coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with tracheopathia osteoplastica.
Tracheopathia osteoplastica is a rare disease of the tracheobronchial tree, which is often misdiagnosed and recognised only at post-mortem. We report the case of a 66-year-old man with this condition, mistakenly thought to be suffering from chronic bronchiectasis. He underwent successful coronary artery bypass grafting for unstable angina using an off-pump technique. A case report and brief literature review is presented.
Devbhandari
Mohan P
MP
Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool FY3 8NR, UK. sdevbhandari@aol.com
Mirza
Tahir
T
Hartley
Michael
M
Duncan
Andrew J
AJ
D000368:Aged; D000789:Angina, Unstable / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D047549:Coronary Artery Bypass, Off-Pump / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D017214:Laryngeal Masks; D008297:Male; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*