Tracheobronchial calcification associated with Keutel syndrome

Oezdemir N., Ersu R., Akalin F., Karadag B. T., Kut A., Karakoc F., ...More

TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS, vol.48, no.4, pp.357-361, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 48 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Journal Name: TURKISH JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.357-361
  • Keywords: tracheobronchial calcification, Keutel syndrome, brachytelephalangia, CARTILAGE CALCIFICATION, CHILDREN
  • Marmara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Tracheobronchial cartilage calcification is an unusual radiologic finding in infants and children under 15 years old. Keutel syndrome is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder characterized by diffuse cartilage calcification, brachytelephalangia, pulmonary stenosis and midfacial hypoplasia. We report two children in whom abnormal tracheobronchial calcification was associated with Keutel syndrome. Keutel syndrome should be considered in the differential diagnosis of children with tracheobronchial calcification.