5 A Abnormalities of The Trachea BRONCHATLAS Prepared
5 A: Abnormalities of The Trachea BRONCHATLAS© Prepared By www. Bronchoscopy. org 5/26/17 All Rights Reserved, 2017 1
Bronchoscopy reports: The Trachea The bronchoscopy report should tell a story that everyone can read and understand the same way. Morphology: Caliber, patency, shape, normal variants Appearance: Normal, abnormal Mucosa: Normal, color, edematous, friable Abnormalities: Location, type, extent, associated malacia, number of cartilaginous rings involved, posterior wall (dynamic collapse, excessive dynamic collapse) Secretions: 5/26/17 Abundance, location, type, color All Rights Reserved, 2017 2
Various tracheal morphologies Horseshoe trachea 5/26/17 Fixed Saber sheath (TI<0. 6) All Rights Reserved, 2017 Tracheomegaly 3
Necrotizing tracheitis Noticed in patient while on mechanical ventilation 5/26/17 All Rights Reserved, 2017 4
Cartilaginous tracheal abnormalities Bony spur 5/26/17 Prominent thin cartilage All Rights Reserved, 2017 Triangular (with bony spur) 5
Osteochondroplastica * Firm intraluminal cartilaginous nodules * Courtesy P. Grynblatt, Argentina 5/26/17 All Rights Reserved, 2017 6
Osteochondroplastica benign appearance Posterior membrane Cartilage protuberance 5/26/17 All Rights Reserved, 2017 7
Infiltrative tracheal abnormalities Amyloidosis involves larynx, trachea and carina 5/26/17 All Rights Reserved, 2017 8
Tracheobronchomalacia Saber-sheath type. Note collapse of lateral walls during expiration 5/26/17 All Rights Reserved, 2017 Crescent type. Note flattened anterior wall during expiration 9
Tracheobronchomegaly with malacia With chronic accumulation of purulent secretions 5/26/17 All Rights Reserved, 2017 10
Excessive dynamic airway collapse Posterior wall bulges inward during expiration while anterior wall remains intact* *Courtesy H. Dutau, France 5/26/17 All Rights Reserved, 2017 11
Tracheal stenosis ■ ■ Web-like subglottic stricture Circumferential subglottic stenosis 5/26/17 All Rights Reserved, 2017 12
Pseudoglottic stenosis ■ ■ ■ Usually post tracheostomy Fracture of cartilage Malacia of cartilage 5/26/17 All Rights Reserved, 2017 13
Idiopathic tracheal stenosis* * ■ ■ ■ Circumferential stenosis Subglottic Female predominance *Courtesy J. Janssen 5/26/17 All Rights Reserved, 2017 14
Tracheal tumors ■ Adenoid cystic carcinoma ■ Squamous cell carcinoma 5/26/17 All Rights Reserved, 2017 15
Malignant central airway obstruction Invading Thyroid cancer with extrinsic compression 5/26/17 Necrotic Intrluminal, exophytic Squamous cell cancer obstructing Right main bronchus All Rights Reserved, 2017 16
Intraluminal exophytic lesions Necrotic Squamous cell 5/26/17 Nodular Adenocarcinoma Nodular Squamous cell All Rights Reserved, 2017 17
Extrinsic compression ■ ■ Compression Left Main Bronchus from Esophageal cancer Compression trachea (with invasion) from Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma 5/26/17 All Rights Reserved, 2017 18
Carina adenopathy ■ ■ Subcarina and posterior carina adenopathy Subcarina and Pretracheal adenopathy 5/26/17 All Rights Reserved, 2017 19
Neoplasm of carina Adenocarcinoma obstructing left and right main bronchi and lower third of trachea above the carina. 5/26/17 All Rights Reserved, 2017 20
Extrinsic compression from esophageal cancer and esophageal stent Esophageal stent Compression Left Main Bronchus 5/26/17 All Rights Reserved, 2017 Silicone stent for palliation 21
Miscellaneous airway findings Tracheo-esophgeal fistula 5/26/17 Foreign body All Rights Reserved, 2017 Tracheal bronchus 22
Repaired tracheocele with pus-filled pouch causing recurrent pneumonia Pouch Inside pouch 5/26/17 All Rights Reserved, 2017 23
False track (tracheo-mediastinal fistula caused by tracheotomy tube Trachea False track 5/26/17 All Rights Reserved, 2017 24
Granulation tissue growing through fenestration of tracheotomy tube Patient complains of cough, difficulty speaking, and occasional hemoptysis 5/26/17 All Rights Reserved, 2017 25
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