title: Diffuse periairway thickening in patients with Mikulicz disease.
abstract: A 70-year-old woman presented with dry mouth, bilateral swelling of the eyelids, and abnormal taste and smell sensations that had persisted for 3 years. She was diagnosed with Mikulicz disease and presented with dyspnea on exertion afterwards. Chest computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed wall thickening of the trachea and bilateral bronchus. Transbronchial needle aspiration showed lymphoproliferative lesion in the tracheobronchus. The patient was treated with corticosteroid, which improved all of her clinical symptoms, computed tomography, and magnetic resonance findings. In this case, we presented a rare condition of coexistent Mikulicz disease with tracheobroncial wall thickening caused by lymphoproliferation without lesions in small airways or lung.
authors: Division of Respiratory Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kobe University Graduate School of Medicine, 7-5-1 Kusunoki-cho, Chuo-ku, Kobe, Japan.
authors: Akihiro
authors: A
authors: Sakashita
authors: Yoshihiro
authors: Y
authors: Nishimura
authors: Munenobu
authors: M
authors: Nogami
authors: Emi
authors: E
authors: Kuramoto
authors: Yuko
authors: Y
authors: Kono
authors: Masatsugu
authors: M
authors: Yamamoto
authors: Natsumi
authors: N
authors: Tamao
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Ohtera
authors: Kazuyuki
authors: K
authors: Kobayashi
authors: Yasuhiro
authors: Y
authors: Funada
authors: Teruaki
authors: T
authors: Nishiuma
authors: Yoshikazu
authors: Y
authors: Kotani
authors: Yoshiharu
authors: Y
authors: Ohno
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008232:Lymphoproliferative Disorders / Q000150:complications; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008882:Mikulicz' Disease / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology