PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - PE Baugnee
AU  - LM Delaunois
TI  - Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare associated with tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica
AID  - 10.1183/09031936.95.08010180
DP  - 1995 Jan 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 180--182
VI  - 8
IP  - 1
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/8/1/180.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/8/1/180.full
SO  - Eur Respir J1995 Jan 01; 8
AB  - A previously healthy woman aged 53 years presented with cough, night sweats and weakness. Chest roentgenogram revealed a reticulonodular infiltrate of the right upper lung. Multiple sputum cultures were positive for Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare, with no immunodeficiency disease. Fibreoptic endoscopy showed multiple tracheal cartilaginous knobs from a tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica. The infiltrate improved after chest physiotherapy, but sputum cultures remained positive. Despite its low incidence, tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica can be associated with atypical mycobacterial disease.