• Pierre Schmitt, Levent Dalar, Stéphane Jouneau, Bénédicte Toublanc, Juliette Camuset, Gérard Chatte, Laurent Cellerin, Hervé Dutau, Stéphane Sanchez, Maxime Sauvage, Jean-Michel Vergnon, Sandra Dury, Gaetan Deslée, François Lebargy, and Groupe d''Endoscopie de Langue Française (GELF).
• Department of Respiratory Medicine, University Hospital Maison Blanche, Reims, France.
• Respiration. 2016 Jan 1; 91 (4): 281-7.

BackgroundMounier-Kuhn syndrome (MKS) is a rare disorder characterized by enlargement of the trachea and main bronchi and associated with recurrent respiratory tract infections.ObjectiveThis multicenter, retrospective study was carried out to describe respiratory conditions associated with tracheobronchomegaly.MethodsNine institutions involved in the 'Groupe d'Endoscopie de Langue Française' (GELF) participated in this study. A standard form was used to record patient characteristics, treatments and follow-up from medical charts.ResultsSeventeen patients, 53% male, aged 58 ± 18 years at diagnosis were included. Recurrent infections revealed MKS in 88% of cases. Main comorbid conditions were diffuse bronchiectasis in 88% of patients and tracheobronchomalacia in 67% of cases. The exacerbation rate was 1.5 exacerbations/patient/year. The main non-respiratory morbid condition was gastroesophageal reflux disease in 29% of cases. Interventional bronchoscopy was performed in seven patients (41%), consisting of laser (n = 2) and tracheal stenting (n = 5). Complications related to stents were observed in 80% of cases with a mean stent duration of 8 months. Four deaths, including three due to respiratory causes, occurred during follow-up.ConclusionsThis is the largest series of MKS reported in the literature, showing that bronchiectasis and tracheobronchomalacia are the main associated morbid conditions that constitute a challenge for treatment.© 2016 S. Karger AG, Basel.

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