Preliminary exploration of a digital model for differential diagnosis of tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica: a retrospective cohort study

BMC Pulm Med. 2026 Feb 7. doi: 10.1186/s12890-026-04156-8. Online ahead of print.

Zhaohui Li^#^{1

2}, Hongjia Li^#^{2

3}, Zhending You^#², Yanfei Bai^#², Weizhan Luo², Liya Lu², Wei He², Junfeng Huang², Shiyue Li⁴, Changhao Zhong^{5

6}

¹ Puning People's Hospital, Jieyang, Guangdong, 515300, China.
² Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
³ Guangzhou National Laboratory, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
⁴ Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. lishiyue@gird.cn.
⁵ Guangzhou Institute of Respiratory Health, State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, National Clinical Research Center for Respiratory Disease, National Center for Respiratory Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. vast1982@126.com.
⁶ School of Biomedical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China. vast1982@126.com.

^# Contributed equally.

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Keywords: Bronchoscopy; Chest CT; Multinodular airway diseases; Tracheobronchopathia osteochondroplastica.

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