Minesh Patel MD, Presenter: Nothing to Disclose

Anna Knobel MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Maciej Walczyszyn, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Palka Wojciech MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Robert William Perone MD, Abstract Co-Author: Nothing to Disclose

Review the anatomy of the tracheobronchial tree. Discuss the spectrum of anatomic variants and pathology associated with the tracheobronchial tree with radiologic and bronchoscopic correlation. Emphasize the importance of correlating radiologic findings with clinical history, bronchoscopy and in some cases, tissue sampling.  

Normal anatomy and variants. Imaging techniques. Discuss and present cases of focal diseases and provide correlation with virtual and/or fiber-optic bronchoscopy including: Tracheal stricture/stenosis, benign neoplasms, primary malignant neoplasms, secondary malignant neoplasms, tracheoesophageal fistula, tracheal diverticulum, trauma, foreign bodies. Discuss and present cases of diffuse disease processes and provide correlation with virtual and/or fiber-optic bronchoscopy of the trachea including: Mounier-Kuhn disease (tracheobronchomegaly), relapsing polychondritis, amyloidosis, tracheopathia osteoplastica, saber-sheath trachea, tracheobronchomalacia, infectious disorders. Summary

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Patel, M, Knobel, A, Walczyszyn, M, Wojciech, P, Perone, R, Pipe Trouble: Pathology of the Tracheobronchial Tree.  Radiological Society of North America 2014 Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting, - ,Chicago IL. http://archive.rsna.org/2014/14006129.html