Bronchial Stenosis

Bronchial stenosis due to anthracofibrosis.

STUDY OBJECTIVES To define the clinical characteristics of the patients showing bronchoscopic findings of bronchial narrowing or obliteration with black pigmentation on overlying mucosa (we named this finding as "anthracofibrosis"), and to determine the association of anthracofibrosis with tuberculosis. PATIENTS AND METHODS The subjects of this study consisted of 28 patients; 8 men and 20 wom...

Bronchial Stenosis After Lung Transplantation

ities and in 75% of cases with bone alterations. The coexistence of chylothorax and lytic bone lesions may direct the diagnosis.1 The definitive diagnosis should be histological, as the evidence on radiological images coincide with other alterations of the lymphatic system,2 and mediastinal affectation is rare. In the case of recurring chylothorax, drainage and pleurodesis are indicated, with t...

Left main-stem bronchial stenosis complicating bronchial artery embolization.

A 36-year-old patient was found to have severe left main-stem bronchial stenosis two years after bronchial artery embolization (BAE) for hemoptysis. Embolization-induced bronchial ischemia appeared to be the only potential cause for the observed lesions, and, to our knowledge, this constitutes the first report of late bronchial sequelae following BAE. Despite balloon-catheter dilatation of the ...

Massive atelectatic bronchiectasis associated with bronchial stenosis.

Endobronchial Tuberculosis Simulating Lung Cancer and Healing without Bronchial Stenosis

Endobroncheal tuberculosis is defined as tuberculous infection of the tracheobronchial tree with microbial and histopathological evidence. The disease is usually mistaken for other lung diseases including lung cancer. Bronchial stenosis is a common complication of this type of tuberculosis despite the use of effective anti-tuberculous chemotherapy. We are presenting a case of endobronchial tube...