Case report: Mounier-Kuhn syndrome
Tracheobronchomegaly or Mounier-Kuhn syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by marked dilatation of the trachea and main bronchi, bronchiectasis, and recurrent respiratory tract infections. The etiology of this disorder is uncertain and the clinical presentation is variable. The diagnosis is usua...
| 出版年: | Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging |
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Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.
2008-10-01
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| author | Satish Kachhawa M Meena Gaurav Jindal Bharat Jain |
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| description | Tracheobronchomegaly or Mounier-Kuhn syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by marked dilatation of the trachea and main bronchi, bronchiectasis, and recurrent respiratory tract infections. The etiology of this disorder is uncertain and the clinical presentation is variable. The diagnosis is usually made on the basis of the characteristic CT scan findings. We report a case in a 21-year-old man presenting with recurrent lower respiratory tract infections. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cacf55ca609a4ae99c479ced9d2ceab22025-08-20T00:10:37ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Indian Journal of Radiology and Imaging0971-30261998-38082008-10-01180431631810.4103/0971-3026.40955Case report: Mounier-Kuhn syndromeSatish Kachhawa0M Meena1Gaurav Jindal2Bharat Jain3Department of Radiodiagnosis, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, IndiaDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, IndiaDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, IndiaDepartment of Radiodiagnosis, Sardar Patel Medical College, Bikaner, IndiaTracheobronchomegaly or Mounier-Kuhn syndrome is a rare disorder characterized by marked dilatation of the trachea and main bronchi, bronchiectasis, and recurrent respiratory tract infections. The etiology of this disorder is uncertain and the clinical presentation is variable. The diagnosis is usually made on the basis of the characteristic CT scan findings. We report a case in a 21-year-old man presenting with recurrent lower respiratory tract infections.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0971-3026.40955Mounier-Kuhn syndrometracheobronchomegaly |
| spellingShingle | Satish Kachhawa M Meena Gaurav Jindal Bharat Jain Case report: Mounier-Kuhn syndrome Mounier-Kuhn syndrome tracheobronchomegaly |
| title | Case report: Mounier-Kuhn syndrome |
| title_full | Case report: Mounier-Kuhn syndrome |
| title_fullStr | Case report: Mounier-Kuhn syndrome |
| title_full_unstemmed | Case report: Mounier-Kuhn syndrome |
| title_short | Case report: Mounier-Kuhn syndrome |
| title_sort | case report mounier kuhn syndrome |
| topic | Mounier-Kuhn syndrome tracheobronchomegaly |
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