Publications by authors named "Carlos Alejandro Garcia"

Introduction: Gorham-Stout disease is a rare condition characterized by extensive bone loss due to the proliferation of new vascular and lymphatic structures. It can occur in any bone and cause pathologic fractures with poor bone healing. Complications such as effusions and lymphangiomas can also develop.

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Mounier-Kuhn syndrome (MKS) is a rare congenital disease with an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern, characterized by an enlargement of the trachea and bronchi. MKS is secondary to a thinning of the muscular mucosa and atrophy of the longitudinal muscle and elastic fibers of the tracheobronchial tree. As a consequence, tracheal diverticulosis and dilatations in the posterior membranous wall appear, along with bronchiectasis that tend to be cystic in appearance.

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Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica (TO) is a rare idiopathic and benign disease that is often underdiagnosed. TO is characterized by multiple submucosal cartilaginous and osseous tracheobronchial nodules that spare the posterior wall. It usually affects the elderly, developing when the person is around 60 years old without gender preference and has a reported incidence of 0.

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