title: Idiopathic isolated laryngotracheobronchial cartilage calcification in a child.
abstract: Laryngeal, tracheal, and bronchial cartilage calcification is quite rare in children. It was reported to occur in congenital cardiovascular diseases, Keutel syndrome, chondroplasia punctata, warfarin embryopathy, and warfarin sodium therapy. It can occur idiopathically as well. Laryngotracheobronchial cartilage calcification is demonstrated in this report by chest radiography and multiplanar three-dimensional CT examination in a 2.5-year-old boy with nonspecific cough.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine, Ondokuz Mayis University, Samsun, Turkey. drmceyhan@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Meltem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ceyhan
authors.forename: Mehmet Selim
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Nural
authors.forename: Muzaffer
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Elmali
authors.forename: Ilkay Koray
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Bayrak
mesh_terms: D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002357:Cartilage Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007817:Laryngeal Cartilages / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*