A 56 years male diabetic patient presented with recurrent left upper lobe pneumonia. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy revealed extraluminal compression of left main bronchus with an endobronchial mass obstructing the left upper lobe orifice. The lesion resembled bronchial adenoma. However histological examination revealed mucormycosis. Timely diagnosis followed by medical intervention with intravenous A...

Mounier-Kuhn syndrome (MKS) is a rare congenital anomaly characterized by dilated trachea and main bronchi due to atrophy of the elastic fibers and smooth muscle cells of the trachea and major airways. Patients of MKS can have varied presentation. The diagnosis is established radiologically and bronchoscopically. There is no specific treatment for MKS. We present an adult man with MKS who prese...

1010-7940/$ — see front matter # 2007 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic doi:10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.12.007 A 77-year-old man with 30-pack-years smoking history, presented with incidental radiological finding of tracheal diverticulum (Fig. 1). Fiberoptic bronchoscopy was performed (Fig. 2). As the patient was asymptomatic, no surgical correction of the tracheal diverticulum was necessary. Af...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Pulmonary Alveolar Proteinosis (PAP) is a rare disorder first described in 1958. The Whole-Lung Lavage (WLL) proposed in the 1960s, remains the treatment of choice. Several techniques have been described to perform lung lavage in pediatric patients; however, all have limitation and risks. CASE REPORT Female patient, aged 6 years and 8 months, 25 kg, diagnosed with pu...

Adult laryngeal hemangiomas are rare and mainly involve the supraglottic region. Most common symptoms include dysphagia, dysphonia, shortness of breath and occasionally recurrent bleeding which sometimes cause a diagnostic dilemma for pulmonologists and head and neck surgeons. There is no consensus about the most appropriate treatment modality for laryngeal hemangiomas. We present a case of sup...

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