Accessory Cardiac Bronchus

Accessory cardiac bronchus causing recurrent pulmonary infection

http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37132014000400014 it might be associated with small amounts of pulmonary parenchyma.(1,3) Most patients with ACB are asymptomatic, and the anomaly is discovered incidentally during bronchoscopy or imaging studies conducted for unrelated reasons.(1,4) However, an ACB can become symptomatic due to recurrent infection, empyema, hemoptysis, and malignant transformati...

The accessory cardiac bronchus. Bronchologic aspect and review of the literature.

Bronchial anomalies, although rare, represent an important chapter of respiratory diseases, both because of their theoretical interest and practical significance in surgical practice. In this study we presented nine patients having ‘iiccessory cardiac bronchi which were discovered during systematic bronchoscopies performed for other diseases. Only in one case was this anomaly manifested by repe...

Bronchus tube and bronchus blocker.

Tracheal bronchus.

A 65-year-old white woman was seen because of 2 episodes of mild hemoptysis complicating a persistent cough. Her medical history was positive for 8 years of mild shortness of breath and an indirect exposure to asbestos. Her review of systems was unremarkable and physical examination showed normal vital signs and blood oxygen saturation of 97% on room air. Air entry was normal and there were no ...

Cardiac 'resynchronization' by a left lateral accessory pathway.

We present the case of a 21 year-old woman with unremarkable medical history except for tachycardia episodes. The ECG showed a delta wave pre-excitation by a left lateral pathway. One radiofrequency pulse temporarily terminated the accessory pathway conduction, revealing a nodal conduction with complete left bundle branch block.