A 53-year-old smoker presented with a history of recurrent lower respiratory tract infections. A diagnosis of Tracheal Diverticulosis due to Tracheobronchomegaly (Mounier-Kuhn Syndrome) was made. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

There is male predominance, and patients usually present in adult life. [lungindia.com]

Finger clubbing was present. The results of blood analysis were within normal limits. [the-medical-dictionary.com]

They are usually asymptomatic but can occasionally present with persistent symptoms. We herein report the case of a 50-year-old male patient who underwent extensive evaluation for persistent cough. [journals.lww.com]

The congenital form was found incidentally in 3 asymptomatic middle-aged women, and the acquired case (a tracheobronchial diverticulum) was discovered during a workup for chronic cough and fever in a young man. [entjournal.com]

The gold standard for diagnosis is flexible bronchoscopy; however, because patients present with nonspecific symptoms ranging from cough to complete airway obstruction, imaging is often obtained as part of the initial workup. 18 The CT appearance of papillomatosis [appliedradiology.com]

The clinical history, diagnosis and treatment options are discussed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Multidisciplinary contributions on medical treatment, radiation oncology, and surgery and anesthesia are included. Highlights include new material on minimally invasive procedures and thoroughly updated diagnostic and treatment information. [books.google.com]

Treatment options of tracheal diverticulum include surgical resection and conservative management. Treatment options change depending on the patient's symptoms, age and physical state. [erj.ersjournals.com]

Indeed the detection of a para tracheal air collection on CT images could have been misinterpreted as a traumatic rupture of the trachea leading to unjustified surgical treatment. [ghrnet.org]

COLLAPSUS TRACHEOBRONCHIQUE CHIRURGIE PRONOSTIC ETIOPATHOGENIE DIAGNOSTIC TRACHEE PATHOLOGIE MALFORMATION BRONCHE VIEILLARD ADULTE HOMME ORL STOMATOLOGIE PNEUMOLOGIE Keyword (en) TRACHEOBRONCHOMEGALIA DIVERTICULUM TRACHEA TRACHEOBRONCHIAL COLLAPSE SURGERY PROGNOSIS [pascal-francis.inist.fr]

They are generally small, do not metastasize to regional lymph nodes, and are associated with an excellent prognosis, with surgical resection resulting in a cure in most cases. [appliedradiology.com]

[…] of the trachea and main bronchi, sometimes with tracheal diverticulosis, bronchiectasis, and recurrent lower respiratory tract infection.[1,2] The clinical and endoscopic features of tracheobronchomegaly were described by Mounier-Kuhn in 1932.[3] The etiology [the-medical-dictionary.com]

The etiology of this disorder is uncertain and the clinical presentation is variable. [lungindia.com]

Laryngology. 1998, vol. 107, no. 4, p. 362-4 Keywords Aged — Diverticulum/complications/diagnosis — Endoscopy — Female — Humans — Recurrent Laryngeal Nerve — Tomography, X-Ray Computed — Tracheal Diseases/complications/diagnosis — Vocal Cord Paralysis/etiology [archive-ouverte.unige.ch]

The most common etiology is COPD. [appliedradiology.com]

While the precise etiology is unknown, they have been associated with obstructive lung disease, inflammation, tracheal mucus impaction and increased intrathoracic pressures as possible causes. [elynsgroup.com]

Newborn Surgery, Third Edition provides a comprehensive compendium of the pathophysiology, investigation and management of neonatal disorders. [books.google.com]

Although the cause and pathophysiology of the PTACs are still unknown, they are mostly considered as tracheal DV. In previous studies, the incidence of PTACs was 2% according to Goo et al [3] and 3.7% according to Buterbaugh and Erly [5]. [article.sapub.org]

Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3 Nursing and Respiratory Health Management Research Center, National Research Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 4 Department of Medicine, Tobacco Prevention [zjrms.com]

However, surgical treatment has been reported to be effective and safe for symptomatic tracheal diverticula to prevent the recurrence [15]. [elynsgroup.com]

We consulted our thoracic surgery colleagues who performed a serratus muscle flap repair of the tracheal diverticulum to prevent progression to tracheovascular fistula, as we were concerned the defect was extending toward the superior vena cava. [cureus.com]

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