Tracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastica detected during Difficult EndotrachealIntubation : A case report

Seo, Jeong Hun; Do, Sang Hwan

Case Report

General Article

Anesthesia and Pain Medicine 2007;2(2):102-105.
Published online April 30, 2007.

Tracheobronchopathia Osteochondroplastica detected during Difficult EndotrachealIntubation : A case report

¹Department of Anesthesiology, Armed Forces Seoul Hospital, Seoul, Korea. sjh0916@snu.ac.kr
²Department of Anesthesiology, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica is a rare and usually benign disorder characterized by cartilaginous and/or osseous submucosal nodules projecting into the laryngotracheobronchial lumen. It has been an incidental finding at autopsy but nowadays it is discovered during fiberoptic bronchoscopy or chest computed tomography. We describe a case of 61-year-old man who was diagnosed to have tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica due to unpredicted difficult intubation.

Key Words: difficult, intubation, tracheobronchopathia, osteochondroplastica