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Dursun Tatar1, Gunes Senol, Atike Demir
1Department of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis, Izmir Dr. Suat Seren Chest Diseases and Surgery Training Hospital, Yenisehir, Izmir, Turkey.
Abstract:
Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (TO) is a rare and benign disorder of unknown cause affecting the large airways. It is characterized by the presence of multiple osseous and cartilaginous nodules in the submucosa of the trachea and main bronchi that is characterized by the progression of submucosal bone and/or cartilage including nodules through the lumen of trachea and bronchus. We present four cases that were diagnosed TO while investigating for the causes of hemoptysis and chronic cough. We plan to emphasize TO in differential diagnosis in proper patients.
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