An Unusual Cause of Hemoptysis: Tracheopathia Osteochondroplastica.

J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol

*Division of Thoracic Surgery and Interventional Pulmonology Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Harvard Medical School Boston, MA †Interventional Pulmonology Clinica Alemana-Universidad Del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile.

Published: April 2016

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