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Fig. 21 | Insights into Imaging

Fig. 21

From: Central airway pathology: clinic features, CT findings with pathologic and virtual endoscopy correlation

Fig. 21

Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica, as an incidental finding in a 63-year-old patient. (i) Axial MDCT scan shows an irregular thickening of the tracheal wall with calcifications and sparing the posterior wall. (ii) VRT reconstruction demonstrating the extension of the disease along the tracheal wall. (iii) Endoscopy demonstrated a nodular pattern without compromise of the posterior wall. (iv) Photomicrograph (original magnification, ×2; haematoxylin-eosin stain) shows chondroid and bony material (star) beneath the ciliated surface (arrows)

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