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Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica in a 5-year-old girl

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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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  1. Faculty of Medicine of Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Clemax Couto Sant’Anna & Maria de Fátima Pombo March

  2. Respiratory Endoscopy Department of Instituto Fernandes Figueira, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Paulo Pires-de-Mello & Maria de Fátima Morgado

  3. R Cinco de Julho 350 ap. 604 - Copacabana, 22051-030, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Clemax Couto Sant’Anna

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Sant’Anna, C.C., Pires-de-Mello, P., de Fátima Morgado, M. et al. Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica in a 5-year-old girl. Indian Pediatr 49, 985–986 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13312-012-0223-1

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