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. 2024 Nov 8;108(1):93.
doi: 10.5334/jbsr.3771. eCollection 2024.

Tracheobronchial Diverticulosis

Leonor De Almeida Moreira Cameira de Abreu  1 , Jean-Christophe le Brun  1 , Denis Tack  1
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Tracheobronchial Diverticulosis

Leonor De Almeida Moreira Cameira de Abreu et al. J Belg Soc Radiol. .

Abstract

Teaching point: Tracheal diverticulosis is a rare and benign disorder, characterized by single or multiple tracheal wall outpouchings, either congenital or acquired, usually diagnosed incidentally on chest high‑resolution computed tomography, and in general remaining asymptomatic.

Keywords: Mounier–Kuhn; diverticulosis; tomography; tracheal wall; tracheomegaly.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors have no competing interests to declare.

Figures

Tracheal diverticulosis and left bronchiolitis; frontal CXR and CT comparison
Figure 1
Tracheal diverticulosis and left bronchiolitis; frontal CXR and CT comparison.
Tracheal diverticulosis: sagital CXR and CT comparison
Figure 2
Tracheal diverticulosis: sagital CXR and CT comparison.
Virtual bronchography of thacheobronchial diverticulosis
Figure 3
Virtual bronchography of thacheobronchial diverticulosis.
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