The Incidental Finding of the Senile Isolated Massive Tracheobronchial Calcification After Cardiac Surgery: An Unusual Case Report

Mahmood Hosseinzadeh  Maleki; Mohammadreza Naghibi  Sistani; Saeideh Imani  Moghaddam; Fatemeh  Ramezani; Mohamad Amin  Younessi Heravi; Mohsen  Yaghubi

doi:10.18502/acta.v62i1.16886

Mahmood Hosseinzadeh Maleki Department of Cardiac Surgery, Imam Reza Hospital, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Mohammadreza Naghibi Sistani Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Iran
Saeideh Imani Moghaddam Department of Critical Care, Razavi Hospital, Imam Reza International University, Mashhad, Iran
Fatemeh Ramezani Department of Critical Care, Razavi Hospital, Imam Reza International University, Mashhad, Iran
Mohamad Amin Younessi Heravi Department of Medical Physics and Radiology, School of Medicine, North Khorasan University of Medical Sciences, Bojnurd, Iran
Mohsen Yaghubi Department of Extra-Corporeal Circulation (ECC), Razavi Hospital, Imam Reza International University, Mashhad, Iran

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18502/acta.v62i1.16886

Keywords: Tracheal diseases; Bronchial diseases; Coronary artery bypass; Cardiopulmonary bypass

Abstract

Tracheobronchial calcification is a benign radiological finding seen in middle-aged and elderly females, usually of no clinical significance. We report a female with massive tracheobronchial calcification that is found incidentally after cardiac surgery.