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Supernumerary tracheal bronchus

MedGen UID:: 1779353
•Concept ID:: C5539723
•: Congenital Abnormality

HPO:	HP:0033617

Definition

Accessory bronchus which exits the trachea in addition to an anatomically normal branching upper lobe bronchus. [from HPO]

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MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVSupernumerary tracheal bronchus

Abnormality of the respiratory system
- Abnormal respiratory system physiology
  - Abnormal respiratory system morphology
    - Abnormal tracheobronchial morphology
      - Abnormal bronchus morphology
        Tracheal bronchus
        Supernumerary tracheal bronchus

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Obstructed tracheal bronchus as a cause of post-obstructive pneumonia.

Middleton RM, Littleton JT, Brickey DA, Picone AL
J Thorac Imaging 1995 Summer;10(3):223-4. doi: 10.1097/00005382-199522000-00008. PMID: 7674435

Prognosis

Partial lung resection of supernumerary tracheal bronchus combined with pulmonary artery sling in an adult: report of a case.

Miyazaki T, Yamasaki N, Tsuchiya T, Matsumoto K, Hayashi H, Izumikawa K, Izumikawa K, Nagayasu T
Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2015 Mar;63(3):173-6. Epub 2013 Jul 13 doi: 10.1007/s11748-013-0287-4. PMID: 23852428

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