title: Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica--a rare or an overlooked entity?
abstract: Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica is an idiopathic non-malignant disease of large airways featured by submucosal cartilaginous to osseous nodules overlying the cartilaginous rings, which may be focal or diffuse. Clinical presentation varies from asymptomatic to symptoms like breathlessness, recurrent chest infections, cough and hemoptysis. Due to the lack of awareness of this disease, it remains an under recognized entity. We are describing the computed tomography and bronchoscopic findings of two recently diagnosed cases at our institute. The purpose of this report is to familiarize radiologists with imaging appearance of this condition, with the goal of increasing clinical suspicion of this uncommon condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
authors.forename: Shikha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jindal
authors.forename: Alok
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nath
authors.forename: Zafar
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Neyaz
authors.forename: Sushila
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jaiswal
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010009:Osteochondrodysplasias / Q000473:pathology*; D035583:Rare Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology*; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000473:pathology*
keywords: CT; Calcification; Osteocartilaginous nodules; TPO; Trachea; Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica