Outcomes after Bronchoscopic Procedures for Primary Tracheobronchial Amyloidosis: Retrospective Study of 6 Cases

Table 1

Characteristics of six patients with tracheobronchial amyloidosis.

Age (y)/sex	Common symptoms	Localization/bronchoscopic description	Treatment	Followup/outcomes
70/M	Dyspnea	Tracheal/tumor	Forceps debulking; Laser resection	6 months/no followup
72/F	Hemoptysis	Tracheal/nodular	Laser resection; Forceps debulking	One year/died of respiratory failure
56/F	Cough, hoarseness	Laryngeal and tracheal; Tumor, nodular	Laser resection; Forceps debulking with stent	Two years/stable
83/F	Dyspnea, pneumonia	Tracheal and main stem bronchus submucosal	Forceps debulking; Laser resection	3 years/stable
82/M	Thoracic pain, cough	Trachea, main stem bronchus Bilateral superior lobar bronchus submucosal	Laser resection; Forceps debulking	Few days/died of cardiac attack (atherosclerosis)
72/M	Hemoptysis, cough, dyspnea	Bronchus/nodular, tumor	Laser resection	Five years/stable