Inside the Bronchus

Bronchus tube and bronchus blocker.

Leiomyoma of the bronchus.

The patient was a housewife aged 57 years. In 1942 she suffered from severe metrorrhagia stated to be caused by uterine fibroids. A subtotal hysterectomy was performed in a country hospital, but the pathological details of this are not available. Since this operation and until the onset of the illness to be described, the patient was in excellent health. In July 1949, whilst a front-seat passen...

Chondroma of the bronchus.

Phycomycosis of the bronchus.

A case of phycomycosis of the bronchus in a 29-year-old diabetic man is reported. The interval between infection and death was not less than 35 days. Infection of the bronchus appears to have been direct. The diagnosis of phycomycosis could have been made before death.

Rupture of the bronchus.

Rupture of the bronchus has become more common in the last decade, mainly due to an increase in road traffic accidents. In spite of this increase it is still relatively rare, and most thoracic surgeons do not have the personal experience of treating more than two or three cases in their life-time. In 1947 Kinsella and Johnsrud reviewed the world literature on intrathoracic rupture of the trache...