Clinical and demographic characteristics of tracheobronchial variations

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dc.contributor.authorAbakay, Abdurrahman
dc.contributor.authorTanrikulu, Abdullah C.
dc.contributor.authorSen, Hadice Selimoglu
dc.contributor.authorAbakay, Ozlem
dc.contributor.authorAydin, Ayse
dc.contributor.authorCarkanat, Ali I.
dc.contributor.authorSenyigit, Abdurrahman
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-24T17:24:13Z
dc.date.available2024-04-24T17:24:13Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.departmentDicle Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBackground: There are various anatomic variations in tracheobronchial system (tracheal bronchus, ectopic bronchus, and accessory bronchus). We aimed to investigate the bronchoscopic findings of the patients with tracheobronchial variations (TBVs) during bronchoscopy and to describe their clinical characteristics. Materials and Methods: A total of 3322 records of bronchoscopic examinations in university hospital and 1560 in chest disease hospital total 4882 were retrospectively analyzed and 198 (134 male, 64 female) patients were diagnosed as TBV. Results: Mean age of patients was 48.5 +/- 17.8 (range, 15-78) years. Most of the tracheobronchial variations (n = 68, 33.1%) were localized at the right upper lobe bronchus. The most common type of TBVs at this region was right upper lobe with two segments. Symptoms were found in 21 (10.2%) patients with TBVs (7 accessory cardiac bronchus, 5 tracheal bronchus, 5 accessory segmental bronchus in left main bronchus and 4 accessory segmental bronchus in right main bronchus). Their symptoms cough, hemoptysis and recurrent pneumonia with unknown etiologies were thought as related to TBVs. No other potential causes leading these symptoms were found in these patients. Conclusion: According to our best of knowledge our study population is one of the largest series of bronchoscopy for investigate of TBVs. Although TBVs were usually reported as asymptomatic, nearly 10% of our patients with TBVs had symptoms such as recurrent pneumonia, cough and hemoptysis. TBVs should be taken into consideration in symptomatic patients before fiber-optic bronchoscopic examination.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.4103/0970-2113.83973
dc.identifier.endpage183en_US
dc.identifier.issn0970-2113
dc.identifier.issn0974-598X
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.pmid21886951
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-80052534808
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ3
dc.identifier.startpage180en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.83973
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11468/19527
dc.identifier.volume28en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000219338100006
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopus
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMed
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMedknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltden_US
dc.relation.ispartofLung India
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessen_US
dc.subjectBronchien_US
dc.subjectBronchoscopyen_US
dc.subjectTracheaen_US
dc.subjectVariationen_US
dc.titleClinical and demographic characteristics of tracheobronchial variationsen_US
dc.titleClinical and demographic characteristics of tracheobronchial variations
dc.typeArticleen_US

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