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TRACHEOBRONCHOPATHIA OSTEOCHONDROPLASTICA IN A 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL
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Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Medicina. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Fernandes Figueira. Departamento de Endoscopia Respiratória. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Fernandes Figueira. Departamento de Endoscopia Respiratória. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Medicina. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Fernandes Figueira. Departamento de Endoscopia Respiratória. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Fundação Oswaldo Cruz. Instituto Fernandes Figueira. Departamento de Endoscopia Respiratória. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro. Faculdade de Medicina. Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
Abstract
Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (TO) is considered an orphan disease with
exceptional occurrence in children. We report a 5-year-old female child who was referred to
us with chronic cough and recurrent pneumonia. After several investigations, bronchoscopy
showed multiple nodules in the tracheobronchial lumen, whose distribution was consistent
with TO. The patient was followed for four years, with no change in the pattern of the disease.
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