title: Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica presenting as a single dominant tracheal mass.
abstract: Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica is a rare, benign disorder of upper airways characterized by multiple submucosal metaplastic cartilaginous and bony nodules arising from the tracheal cartilage. We report an unusual presentation of tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica as a single dominant nodule arising from the anterior tracheal rings in a young adult man who presented with wheezing and symptoms of airway obstruction. The differential diagnosis of cartilaginous and bony endotracheal lesions is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Hospital of University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Philipp W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Raess
authors.forename: Scott W
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Cowan
authors.forename: Andrew R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: Paul J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Leslie A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Litzky
authors.forename: Wallace T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Joel D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: Charuhas G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Deshpande
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010009:Osteochondrodysplasias / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology*; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D055815:Young Adult