Case Report

Tracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastca

Abstract

Tracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastica (TPO) is a rare benign disorder of the lower part of the trachea and the upper part of the main bronchi. A 55-year-old female patient had been referring to our pulmonary and critical care center suffering from chronic dry cough and breathlessness on exertion and retrosternal pain for several months who was admitted to our center when she was complaining about breathlessness on exertion and chronic dry cough and retrosternal pain.

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Tracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastica Breathlessness

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Sanaei E, Aghaei Meybodi F, Vaghefi M. Tracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastca. CRCP. 2019;4(1):23-26.