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Symptomatic Tracheal Bronchus Presenting as Upper Lobe Pneumonia-Report of Two Cases


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1 Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine, DM Wayanad Institute of Medical Sciences, Wayanad, Kerala, India
     

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Tracheal bronchus is a congenital anomaly usually asymptomatic and detected incidentally during bronchoscopy. Tracheal bronchus arises from the lower end of trachea before its bifurcation and is usually seen on the right side. Tracheal bronchus is a rare anomaly and symptomatic tracheal bronchus is extremely rare. Here we report two cases of tracheal bronchus reported with clinical features of right upper lobe pneumonia.

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Tracheal Bronchus, Displaced Bronchus, Supernumerary Bronchus.
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  • Symptomatic Tracheal Bronchus Presenting as Upper Lobe Pneumonia-Report of Two Cases

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Authors

Sanjeev Shivashankaran
Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine, DM Wayanad Institute of Medical Sciences, Wayanad, Kerala, India
Amitha Sunny
Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine, DM Wayanad Institute of Medical Sciences, Wayanad, Kerala, India
Mohammed Aslam
Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine, DM Wayanad Institute of Medical Sciences, Wayanad, Kerala, India
Ravindran Chetambath
Dept. of Pulmonary Medicine, DM Wayanad Institute of Medical Sciences, Wayanad, Kerala, India

Abstract


Tracheal bronchus is a congenital anomaly usually asymptomatic and detected incidentally during bronchoscopy. Tracheal bronchus arises from the lower end of trachea before its bifurcation and is usually seen on the right side. Tracheal bronchus is a rare anomaly and symptomatic tracheal bronchus is extremely rare. Here we report two cases of tracheal bronchus reported with clinical features of right upper lobe pneumonia.

Keywords


Tracheal Bronchus, Displaced Bronchus, Supernumerary Bronchus.

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