Research Article
Bronchoscopic Diagnosis and Treatment of Primary Tracheobronchial Amyloidosis: A Retrospective Analysis from China
Table 1
General information of patients.
| Feature | | % |
| Report time | | | Years 1981–1999 | 23/109 | 21.1 | Years 2000–2015 | 86/109 | 78.9 | Gender | | | Male | 67/109 | 61.5 | Female | 42/109 | 38.5 | Age of onset | | | ≤65 years | 16/109 | 14.7 | >65 years | 93/109 | 85.3 | Disease duration () | | | ≤5 years | 45/60 | 75.0 | >5 years | 15/60 | 25.0 | Clinical manifestations | | | Cough | 76/109 | 69.7 | Shortness of breath | 67/109 | 61.5 | Expectoration | 46/109 | 42.2 | Hemoptysis | 33/109 | 30.3 | Fever | 17/109 | 15.6 | Chest tightness | 10/109 | 9.2 | Hoarseness | 7/109 | 6.4 | Chest pain | 2/109 | 1.8 | Fatigue | 2/109 | 1.8 | Misdiagnosis at first hospitalization | 49/109 | 45.0 | Chronic bronchitis | 18/109 | 16.5 | Endobronchial tuberculosis | 8/109 | 7.3 | Lung tumor | 7/109 | 6.4 | Bronchial asthma | 7/109 | 6.4 | Pulmonary infection | 6/109 | 5.5 | COPD | 2/109 | 1.8 | Bronchiectasis | 1/109 | 0.9 |
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COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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