RESUMO
Over fifty cases of tracheobronchomegaly reported in the literature are reviewed and two new cases are described. The radiological appearances of this rare condition are described and its concomitant occurrence with bronchiectasis is noted. The condition is thought to be due to faulty development of the connective tisssues of the tracheobronchial tree. However, a study of the age of presentation showed that the majority presented in the third or later decades which suggests that it is an acquired rather than a developmental anomaly. (AU)
Assuntos
Humanos , Adulto , Feminino , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Broncopatias/diagnóstico por imagem , Doenças da Traqueia/diagnóstico por imagem , Fatores Etários , Antibacterianos/uso terapêutico , Brônquios/diagnóstico por imagem , Bronquiectasia/complicações , Bronquiectasia/diagnóstico por imagem , Bronquiectasia/tratamento farmacológico , Pulmão/diagnóstico por imagem , Escarro , Traqueia/diagnóstico por imagem , Doenças da Traqueia/complicaçõesRESUMO
A case of pulmonary stenosis due to extrinsic compression of the pulmonary artery and right ventricular infudibulum is reported. It is believed that this is the first such case recorded in the English literature where the cause of the compression was a bronchiogenic cyst (AU)
Assuntos
Humanos , Pré-Escolar , Feminino , Broncopatias/complicações , Cisto Mediastínico/complicações , Estenose da Valva Pulmonar/etiologia , Angiocardiografia , Eletrocardiografia , Cateterismo Cardíaco , Cisto Mediastínico/patologia , Cisto Mediastínico/diagnóstico por imagem , Cisto Mediastínico/cirurgiaRESUMO
A case of tracheo-bronchomegaly is reported which, on the basis of the radiological appearances, was associated with congenital cystic disease of the lungs. The value of bronchography in the investigation of cystic disease of the lungs is stressed (AU)
