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

Acta Medica Iranica (Oct 2024)

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

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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
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 62, no. 1

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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.

Published in Acta Medica Iranica

ISSN: 0044-6025 (Print); 1735-9694 (Online)
Publisher: Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Country of publisher: Iran, Islamic Republic of
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://acta.tums.ac.ir/

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