T racheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastica: A Case Report

A 40-year-old male was hospitalised with palpable lymphadenopathy on the left side of the neck. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed numerous hard irregular nodules projecting from the anterior and lateral walls of the trachea and extending to the right and left main stem bronchi and to the bronchus intermedins. Histopathologically, tracheal wall biopsy specimens showed the presence of osteocartiloginous tissue in the subepithelial areas. Based on the histopathological examination of the biopsy specimen excised from the left cervical lymphadenopathy, a diagnosis of nodular sclerozing subtype of the Hodgkin’s disease was reached. From 1973 until November 1999, about 19 000 bronchoscopies were performed in our center and this patient is the second case of tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (TO) diagnosed by bronchoscopic examination in our center during this time period.This report summarizes the findings in this patient with TO and Hodgkin’s disease.