[Mounier-Kuhn syndrome: a rare aetiology of recurrent respiratory infections].
The incidence of the syndrome may be greater than is suspected. Patients present with recurrent respiratory infections and bronchiectasis. The symptoms are non-specific and indistinguishable from those of other chronic respiratory diseases. The diagnosis is often made several years after the first clinical complaints. The authors perform a brief review of the literature and report two cases of Mounier-Kuhn syndrome. One of the patients was diagnosed in childhood and the other in the fourth deca- de of life.
Marques
Ana
A
Interna Complementar de Pneumologia, Serviço de Pneumologia, Hospital Pediátrico - Centro Hospitalar de Coimbra.
Félix
Miguel
M
Barata
Fernando
F
Pires
Jorge
J
Estêvão
Maria Helena
MH
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology*; D014137:Tracheobronchomegaly / Q000150:complications*