A rare form of amyloidosis: Tracheobronchial amyloidosis

Primary isolated tracheobronchial amyloidosis(TBA) is a quite common disease. The symptoms of TBA are progressive dyspnoea, cough, and hemoptysis. It can lead to airway obstruction, atelectasia, and repetitive bronchopulmonary infections. The present case was a male patient delivered to the emergency service with disorders in general medical condition and was hospitalized in the thoracic disorders department due to coughing, sputum, and labored breathing with a 15 year history of Parkinson disease. No significant pathologies were evident in chest X-ray image. The computer tomography imager revealed; however, in the lower lobe of the right lung posterior-basal and lateral-basal segment large scale consolidations. There was a polyploidy lesion in the upper left lobe carina visible in the bronchoscopy made. The biopsy taken was diagnosed as amyloidosis. As there was no other organ involvement determined, the present case is diagnosed as isolated tracheobronchial amyloidosis.