The Association of Mounier-Kuhn Syndrome and Pulmonary Aspergillomas: A Case Report

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