Abstract
Background: A 73-year-old female patient presented at the emergency room with cough and dyspnea. There was green sputum production and she had fever. She had given up smoking 15 years before. Her medical history was positive for recurrent bronchitis. Physical examination revealed rhonchi, a body temperature of 38.2°C and tachypnea of 35 breaths per minute. Oxygen saturation was 80% without oxygen supply. Chest radiography did not reveal a consolidation.
Highlights
A 73-year-old female patient presented at the emergency room with cough and dyspnea
The radiological diagnosis was made of syndrome of Mounier-Kuhn, with tracheobronchomegaly, tracheal diverticulae and bronchiectasis
Normal values of the trachea have been published for chest radiography and computed tomography
Summary
A 73-year-old female patient presented at the emergency room with cough and dyspnea. There was green sputum production and she had fever. 1A 1B Fig. ACUTE RESPIRATORY SYMPTOMS IN MOUNIER-KUHN SYNDROME — DE JONG ET AL Chest radiograph (Fig. 1) demonstrates on the posterior-anterior (PA) view (A) a large transverse dimension of the trachea (3.2 cm) and left main bronchus (2.4 cm), large lung volumes, irregular diaphragmatic contours. Lateral chest radiograph (B) demonstrates the large trachea (3.7 cm) to a better extent.
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