Abstract:
A 60-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with
dyspnea, a cough and hemoptysis. She had a history of
long-term treatment of asthma and recurrent lower respiratory tract infections. She had been hospitalized twice in the
previous 3 years to treat non-massive hemoptysis caused
by cystic bronchiectasis, but without pulmonary aspergillomas. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed tracheobronchomegaly involving the entire trachea and main bronchi. The transverse and sagittal diameters of the trachea
were 36.5 and 29.9 mm, respectively. Diverticula were
evident in the posterolateral proximal tracheal wall and
cystic bronchiectasis with pulmonary aspergillomas was
detected in both lower lung lobes