Case reportTracheobronchopathia Osteoplastica: Cause of Difficult Tracheal Intubation
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Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica is a rare, benign condition and is characterized by the presence of bony and cartilaginous nodules in the tracheal and bronchial mucosa [1]. This was first described by Wilks (a physician at Guy’s Hospital in 1875) when he found at autopsy that the larynx, trachea, and bronchi of a 38-year-old man (who had died of tuberculosis) was covered with a number of bony plates. He also noted that these bony deposits were predominately anterior to the trachea and
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