Abstract
A 67-year-old female patient presented with a lung nodule one
month ago which was detected by physical examination. She
was diagnosed with tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica
complicated with right lower lobe nodules by chest computed
tomography, bronchoscopy, and pathological examinations
of the biopsy specimens. We performed lobectomy and
lymphadenectomy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery
and small pulmonary lesions were diagnosed as pulmonary
adenocarcinomas. At 36 months of follow-up, the patient was
free from recurrence. In conclusion, tracheobronchopathia
osteochondroplastica complicated with a pulmonary
adenocarcinoma is rare, and clinicians should be aware of this
possibility, particularly in patients with pulmonary malignancy
and tracheal irregularities on chest imaging. Otherwise,
tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica can be easily
misdiagnosed as malignant invasion of the trachea.