• 고신대학교 의과대학 학술지
• /
• 제33권2호
• /
• pp.252-256
• /
• 2018

We report a case of difficult endotracheal intubation in a patient with tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica. A 65-year-old man was scheduled to undergo ulnar nerve decompression and ganglion excisional biopsy under general anesthesia. During induction of general anesthesia, an endotracheal tube could not be advanced through the vocal cords due to resistance. A large number of nodules were identified below the vocal cords using a $Glidescope^{(R)}$ video-laryngoscopy, and fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed irregular nodules on the surface of the entire trachea and the main bronchus below the vocal cords. Use of a small endotracheal tube was attempted and failed. a laryngeal mask airway (LMA $Supreme^{TM}$) rather than further intubation was successfully used to maintain the airway.

• 대한후두음성언어의학회지
• /
• 제29권2호
• /
• pp.103-106
• /
• 2018

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (TO) is a rare idiopathic tracheobronchial abnormality characterized by diffuse cartilaginous and osseous nodules protruding into the airway lumen of the trachea and bronchus. TO is easy to misdiagnose because of nonspecific symptoms and chest CT scan with pathologic biopsy is necessary for definitive diagnosis. We report two cases of patient with TO who underwent laryngomicroscopic biopsy and tracheostomy with literature review.

• 고신대학교 의과대학 학술지
• /
• 제33권2호
• /
• pp.200-207
• /
• 2018

Tracheobronchopathia osteoplastica (TO) is a rare benign disease in which the anterior inner wall of the tracheobronchus changes because of abnormal chondrogenesis or ossification, while the posterior wall of the trachea is spared. The etiology is not clearly understood, but may relate with chronic infection, inflammation, and trauma. In some case studies, it has also been reported to be accompanied by other chronic diseases such as atrophic rhinitis and amyloidosis. However, Coexistence of TO and tuberculosis has rarely been reported, and has never been reported in Korea. Here, we report a case of a 70-year-old male patient who complained of hemoptysis and whose case was diagnosed as TO and pulmonary tuberculosis through bronchoscopy with bronchial washing and biopsy.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
• /
• 제43권6호
• /
• pp.800-803
• /
• 2010

기관골연골증이나 기관지골연골증은 큰 기도의 연골에 생기는 잘 알려지지 않는 병리를 가진 매우 드문 양성질환으로 보고되고 있다. 대부분 하부기관이나 근위부 기관지에서 발생하는 것으로 보고되고 있다. 대부분의 기관골연골증과는 달리, 기관지를 벗어나서 종괴를 형성하는 기관골연골증은 매우 드물다. 그러나 저자들은 기존의 보고와는 다르게 엽기관지에 종괴를 형성하여 육안적으로 폐암과 유사한 형태를 지닌 기관골연골증을 치험하였으며, 수술적 절제 후 기관지골연골증임을 진단할 수 있었다.