Uncommon causes of tracheobronchial stenosis and wall thickening: MDCT imaging

A Ingegnoli; A Corsi; E Verardo; M De Filippo; N Sverzellati; M Zompatori

doi:10.1007/s11547-007-0211-z

Uncommon causes of tracheobronchial stenosis and wall thickening: MDCT imaging

Radiol Med. 2007 Dec;112(8):1132-41. doi: 10.1007/s11547-007-0211-z. Epub 2007 Dec 13.

[Article in English, Italian]

Authors

A Ingegnoli¹, A Corsi, E Verardo, M De Filippo, N Sverzellati, M Zompatori

Affiliation

¹ Sezione diagnostica per immagini, Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche, Via Gramsci 14, Parma, Italy. annaingegnoli@yahoo.it

PMID: 18074199
DOI: 10.1007/s11547-007-0211-z

Abstract

Some uncommon diseases may involve the central airways focally or diffusely. These include Wegener's granulomatosis, relapsing polychondritis, tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica, amyloidosis, papillomatosis, rhinoscleroma, sarcoidosis and tuberculosis. Related computed tomography (CT) findings essentially include calcifications, luminal stenosis, wall thickening and nodules. The purpose of this paper is to help refine the differential diagnosis among these diseases through the use of multidetector CT (MDCT) imaging.

MeSH terms

Bronchial Diseases / diagnostic imaging*
Bronchial Diseases / etiology*
Bronchial Diseases / pathology
Humans
Risk Factors
Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*
Tracheal Stenosis / diagnostic imaging*
Tracheal Stenosis / etiology*
Tracheal Stenosis / pathology