Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica: Case report and literature review

Tracheobronchopathia osteoplastica: a clinical case report of a 63-year-old man

Tracheobronchopathia osteoplastica (TO) is a rare benign lesion of the airways, characterized by multiple nodular proliferations of bone and/or cartilaginous tissue in the submucosa of the trachea and bronchi. In this paper, we present a case of a 63-year-old male patient who was admitted to the hospital due to cough and blood in his sputum. The patient was diagnosed with TO through examination and pathological biopsy. The exact pathogenesis of this disease remains unclear, but it may be related to multiple factors such as chronic infection and inflammation. The clinical manifestations are diverse, with no symptoms or only mild cough in the early stage, and persistent cough, dyspnea, and other symptoms may appear as the disease progresses. Diagnosis mainly relies on pathological biopsy, while treatment is mainly symptomatic, including inhalation of glucocorticoids, airway interventional therapy, and stent placement. Overall, TO progresses slowly and has a good prognosis, but early diagnosis and elimination of predisposing factors are crucial for treatment.

Clinicopathological Features and Management Principles of Tracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastica - A Scoping Review

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (TO) is an orphan disease of the tracheobronchial tree without any known etiological attributes. There are several case reports published on this condition, yet the available information about the TO is discrete and of little clinical value. This scoping review is the first large-scale review on TO that collates individual patient data from the published case reports and descriptively analyses the clinicopathological features of this unique condition along with its management approaches and therapeutic outcomes. The objective was to synthesize comprehensive literature review on TO that can aid clinical practice and further research. An electronic search conducted in five large databases, including PubMed, EMBASE, CINAHL, CENTRAL, and Web of Science, for the published articles of TO yielded 1072 items. After screening, the individual patient data of 371 TO cases from 228 eligible articles were included and analysed in this scoping review.

Supplementary Information

The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12070-023-03998-6.

Tracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastica: A Case Report Illustrating the Importance of Multilevel Workup Clinical, Endoscopic and Histological Assessment in Diagnosis of an Uncommon Disease

Patient: Male, 62

Final Diagnosis: Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica

Symptoms: Cough

Medication: —

Clinical Procedure: —

Specialty: Pulmonology