Central airway obstruction (CAO) and superior vena cava (SVC) syndrome are potentially life-threatening complications in locally advanced lung cancer. Therapeutic rigid bronchoscopy has become an critical component in the treatment of the lung cancer patients with CAO who are not surgical candidates. However, the technique may pose significant risks in patients with coexisting SVC syndrome, esp...

Background: Endobronchial foreign bodies (EFBs) are rare in children over the age of three. Case presentation: Two school-age had EFBs due to accidental inhalation metal-containing mouth. In case 1, CT showed a needle-like body at entrance right upper lobe bronchus, and 2, it was found posterior basal segment lower lobe. The EFB 1 successfully removed by rigid bronchoscopy. not accessible via f...

OBJECTIVES Aspiration of the lower airways due to foreign body is rare in adults. This study aimed to determine the outcome of patients who received flexible bronchoscopy with different modalities for foreign body removal in the lower airways. PATIENTS AND METHODS Between January 2003 and January 2014, 94 patients diagnosed with foreign body in the lower airways underwent flexible bronchoscop...

The objective: to analyze results of TBNA for diagnosis mediastinal lymphadenopathy performed with flexible and rigid tracheobronchoscopy needles different diameters. Subjects Methods. We analyzed data 194 patients who underwent fibrobronchoscopy (Group 1) or bronchoscopy 2) uncertain etiology. Results. overall diagnostic efficacy the biopsy was 90,7%, while in case tumors, sensitivity 89,5% sp...

It is now more than 100 years since Killian introduced the rigid bronchscopy and 40 years since Ikeda [1] introduced the technique of flexible fibreoptic bronchoscopy, and this procedure has been established throughout the world. Flexible bronchoscopy (FBS) with topical anaesthesia has been shown to be safer than rigid bronchoscopy [2]. Risks associated with bronchoscopy can be classified into ...

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor of the trachea is a rare benign tumor in adults. It is mostly seen before the age of 16. We describe a 20-year-old female patient who presented with stridor. She had a fixed obstruction on spirometry, and computed tomography and bronchoscopy confirmed tracheal thickening and stenosis below the vocal cords and bronchial wall thickening at the level of the carin...