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

Authors

  • 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.

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Published

2024-11-02

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Volume (62) issue (1)

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