title: A young woman with recurrent lower respiratory tract infection.
abstract: Tracheobronchomegaly is a rare congenital abnormality with marked widening of the trachea and major bronchi, in most cases associated with chronic recurrent respiratory tract infection. We present this rare syndrome in a young woman who presented with recurrent respiratory tract infection. She was found to have tracheobronchomegaly on flexible bronchoscopy, which was confirmed with high-resolution computed tomography findings.
authors: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, India. asmitamehta@aims.amrita.edu
authors: Asmita A
authors: AA
authors: Mehta
authors: Rajesh
authors: R
authors: Venkitakrishnan
authors: Indira
authors: I
authors: K S
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000209:etiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods; D014137:Tracheobronchomegaly / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D055815:Young Adult