title: Computed tomography findings of tracheobronchial system diseases: a pictorial essay.
abstract: The diseases affecting the trachea and main bronchi can be categorized into congenital or acquired abnormalities and also into focal or diffuse diseases. Major congenital bronchial abnormalities cover accessory cardiac bronchus and tracheal bronchus. Tracheobronchial strictures, such as post-intubation and post-infectious stenosis and tracheobronchial neoplasms are regarded as focal diseases, whereas tracheobronchomegaly, relapsing polychondritis, tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica, amyloidosis, granulomatosis with polyangiitis, tracheobronchomalacia, saber-sheath trachea and tracheobronchitis associated with ulcerative colitis are examples of diffuse diseases. Computed tomography (CT) is the best non-invasive method for evaluation of tracheobronchial lesions. In this pictorial review we aimed to demonstrate CT features of central airway diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Mevlana University School of Medicine, Yeni Istanbul Cad. No: 235 Selcuklu, Konya, 42003, Turkey, drtacar@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Turker
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Acar
authors.forename: Selen
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bayraktaroglu
authors.forename: Naim
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ceylan
authors.forename: Recep
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Savas
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D001995:Bronchography; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014132:Trachea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*