TITLE: 
                        
                            Asthma-Like Tracheo-Bronchial Amyloidosis
                                
                                
                                    AUTHORS: 
                                            Fatma Chermiti Ben Abdallah, Hanene Smadhi, Ridha Mahouachi, Amel Chtourou, Sofia Taktak, Ayda Ayadi, Faouzi El Mezni, Ali Ben Kheder 
                                                    
                                                        KEYWORDS: 
                        Amyloidosis; Biopsy; Histology; Corticosteroids 
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        JOURNAL NAME: 
                        Open Journal of Respiratory Diseases,  
                        Vol.2 No.2, 
                        May
                                                        16,
                        2012
                                                    
                                                    
                                                        ABSTRACT: Localized bronchial Amyloidosis is an uncommon disease of unknown origin. Clinical signs are not specific. Tracheobronchial symptoms are the most frequent. We report a case of a 31 year-old man complaining of asthma-like dyspnea. Bronchoscopy was performed because of ineffectiveness of antiasthmatic treatment, showed a submucosal infiltration with stenosis of both right and left upper bronchi and a complete stenosis of intermediate troncus. Multiple biopsies were performed and concluded to Amyloidosis of AL type. Oral corticosteroids were indicated with clinical improvement.