tracheobronchomegaly
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Tracheobronchomegaly is a rare lung condition characterised by abnormal widening of the trachea and main bronchi, typically presenting with no symptoms, or a long-standing cough or recurrent chest infections. There may be copious purulent sputum production, eventually leading to bronchiectasis and other respiratory complications.
Research
343 papers- Tracheobronchomegaly.Chest · 1994
- Tracheobronchomegaly-Mounier-Kuhn syndrome.Saudi medical journal · 2004
- Tracheobronchomegaly.Thorax · 1968
- Tracheobronchomegaly (Mounier-Kuhn syndrome): a case report.QJM : monthly journal of the Association of Physicians · 2023
- State-of-the-art narrative review: Mounier-Kuhn syndrome and tracheobronchomegaly.Respiratory medicine · 2025
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Wikidata facts
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- ICD-9-CM
- 748.3
- NCI Thesaurus ID
- C85196
- exact match
- www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_3347
- health specialty
- pulmonology
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Signs and symptoms
- Diagnosis
- History
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Tracheobronchomegaly is a rare lung condition characterised by abnormal widening of the trachea and main bronchi, typically presenting with no symptoms, or a long-standing cough or recurrent chest infections. There may be copious purulent sputum production, eventually leading to bronchiectasis and other respiratory complications.
It may be acquired secondary to another lung disease or medical lung procedure, but when no cause is identified it is presumed congenital and is known as Mounier-Kühn syndrome.
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