Endobronchial tumor embolism: A preventable cause of death

Addressing the most important preventable cause of death.

Endobronchial Metastasis of Pheochromocytoma 25 Years after Primary Tumor

There are few reported cases of endobronchial metastasis of pheochromocytoma literature. We present here a 56-year old woman who underwent left lower lobectomy of lung, following pneumonia with unresolved chest radiographs. Computed tomography showed a lobulated soft tissue mass, measuring, 38×27 mm, at the perivascular space of anterior mediastinum. The resected specimen, showed lobulated tumo...

Cerebral Air Embolism as Possible Cause of Stroke During Therapeutic Endobronchial Application of Argon Plasma Coagulation

A 68-year-old male was admitted for evaluation of an endobronchial mass obstructing the right middle lobe (RML) and right lower lobe (RLL) of the lung. Flexible bronchoscopy revealed a notable endobronchial lesion in the bronchus intermedius that completely obstructed the RML and the RLL. Argon plasma coagulation (APC) at 30 watts and gas flow at 0.8 liters/minute to 1 liter/minute were applied...

Endobronchial Hamartoma as a Cause of Pneumonia

BACKGROUND Post-obstructive pneumonia occurs in the presence of airway obstruction, usually caused by lung cancer. However, there are cases of bronchial obstruction due to benign origin such as foreign bodies and benign endobronchial tumors, which are often misdiagnosed. CASE REPORT A 66-year-old man was referred to our hospital due to high fever with abnormal shadow in the right lung. Chest ...

Foreign body asphyxia: a preventable cause of death in the elderly.

BACKGROUND To assess the prevalence of food/foreign body asphyxia in the elderly Viennese population in order to reduce the incidence of these fatal events. METHODS This is an autopsy-based, retrospective study in Vienna, Austria. Participants included all nonhospitalized (n =200) cases of choking in 1984 to 2001, from a total 42,745 consecutive autopsies performed at the Institute of Forensi...