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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2005;28:495-496
© 2005 Elsevier Science NL

Case report

Off pump coronary artery bypass grafting in a patient with tracheopathia osteoplastica

^a Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool FY3 8NR, UK
^b Department of Anaesthesia, Blackpool Victoria Hospital, Blackpool, UK

Received 12 November 2004; received in revised form 21 March 2005; accepted 23 March 2005.

^* Corresponding author. Tel.: +44 1253 655833; fax: +44 1254 303669. (Email: sdevbhandari{at}aol.com).

Tracheopathia osteoplastica is a rare disease of the tracheobronchial tree, which is often misdiagnosed and recognised only at post-mortem. We report the case of a 66-year-old man with this condition, mistakenly thought to be suffering from chronic bronchiectasis. He underwent successful coronary artery bypass grafting for unstable angina using an off-pump technique. A case report and brief literature review is presented.

Key Words: Tracheopathia osteoplastica • Benign • Bronchial tree