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(Chest. 1953;24:553-557.)
© 1953 American College of Chest Physicians

Trachiectasis with Tracheocele: Report of Case in Which a Tracheocele was Resected

HOWARD A. ANDERSEN M.D.1; O. THERON CLAGETT M.D.2; and C. ALLEN GOOD M.D.3

1 Division of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
2 Division of Surgery, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.
3 Section of Roentgenology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota.

A patient with a chronic cough productive of purulent sputum, with sudden paroxysms of coughing and recurrent episodes of chills and fever [SEE THE FIGURE IN SOURCE PDF]was found to have trachiectasis with a tracheocele. The tracheocele was [SEE THE FIGURE 3A, 3B & 3C IN SOURCE PDF) resected to eliminate "dumping" of purulent secretion into the tracheobronchial tree.






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