Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica: a rare tracheal lesion in a free-ranging grizzly bear
A mature male grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) that died of blunt-force trauma had numerous hard 1–3-mm nodules protruding from tracheal rings into the lumen of the distal trachea. Histologically, these were round aggregates of mature cartilage within the submucosa. Such lesions are consistent with trach...
| Published in: | Journal of Veterinary Diagnostic Investigation |
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| Format: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publications
2019
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| Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6857014/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31006353 https://doi.org/10.1177/1040638719844553 |
| Summary: | A mature male grizzly bear (Ursus arctos) that died of blunt-force trauma had numerous hard 1–3-mm nodules protruding from tracheal rings into the lumen of the distal trachea. Histologically, these were round aggregates of mature cartilage within the submucosa. Such lesions are consistent with tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica, a rare tracheal disease in humans and animals. |
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