Primary Tracheobronchial Amyloidosis Presenting with an Upper Airway Obstruction

Abstract

This is a case of localized primary tracheobronchial amyloidosis in a patient who presented with upper airway obstruction. Tracheobronchial amyloidosis is a type of localized bronchopulmonary amyloidosis that is frequently overlooked. It involves the deposition of amyloid protein on the tracheal and bronchial tissue, leading to progressive tracheal stenosis and airway obstruction that can be seen on imaging as a tracheal mass. Because of its significant diagnostic difficulty and therapeutic conundrum, it ought to be considered in the differential diagnosis of upper airway symptoms with an unknown etiology.

Keywords:

• tracheobronchial amyloidosis
• tracheal mass
• upper airway obstruction

Ethics Approval

According to the review board policy of our institution, ethics approval was not necessary. Written consent was obtained from the patient’s family for publication of this case report and associated images.

Acknowledgment

We express our gratitude to the patient’s family for supplying all pertinent details, and also to the health-care providers involved in the management of this patient.

Disclosure

All authors declare no competing interests of any kind in this publication.

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