Mounier-Kuhn syndrome
MONDO:0010148Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names Mounier-Kuhn syndrome yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Mounier-Kuhn syndrome, also known as idiopathic tracheobronchomegaly, is a congenital disorder characterized by marked dilatation of the trachea and proximal bronchi that leads to impaired airway secretion clearance and recurrent lower respiratory tract infections.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0010148), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
7 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormality of the respiratory systemHPOHP:0002086
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- BronchitisHPOHP:0012387
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- PneumoniaHPOHP:0002090
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Recurrent bronchopulmonary infectionsHPOHP:0006538
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Recurrent respiratory infectionsHPOHP:0002205
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- Tracheal stenosisHPOHP:0002777
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
- TracheobronchmegalyHPOHP:0010776
- Very frequent (80% to 99% of cases)
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
3 names
Resolves to: Mounier-Kuhn syndrome
- Also called
- congenital tracheobronchomegalyidiopathic tracheobronchomegalytracheobronchomegaly