Overlooked blunt bronchial rupture detected by three-dimensional helical-CT.
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A 34-year-old man was referred to for persistent dyspnea 6 months after a blunt chest trauma with subcutaneous emphysema and bilateral pneu-mothoraces, however, without initial bronchoscopy. The three-dimensional CT reconstruction revealed a stenosis of the intermedius bronchus, confirmed by bronchoscopy and successfully treated by bronchial sleeve resection (Fig. 1). Fig. 1. The arrow shows the stenosis of the intermedius bronchus. The initial aerostasis was resumed by spontaneous entrapment of pulmonary artery into the bronchial tear.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery
دوره 28 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2005