MYCOBACTERIUM-AVIUM-INTRACELLULARE ASSOCIATED WITH TRACHEOBRONCHOPATHIA OSTEOCHONDROPLASTICA

A previously healthy woman aged 53 years presented with cough, night s weats and weakness, Chest roentgenogram revealed a reticulonodular inf iltrate of the right upper lung, Multiple sputum cultures were positiv e for Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare, with no immunodeficiency dis ease. Fibreoptic endoscopy showed multiple tracheal cartilaginous knob s from a tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica. The infiltrate imp roved after chest physiotherapy, but sputum cultures remained positive . Despite its low incidence, tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica can be associated with atypical mycobacterial disease.