Abstract Background Aortotracheal fistula (ATF) is an uncommon and fatal complication of tracheal or aortic surgery, especially among pediatric patients. Case presentation We reported a case in 1-year-old boy with dextrocardia, left pulmonary artery sling long segment stenosis. He received slide tracheoplasty at 9 months age had post-operative refractory granulation distal trachea status post r...

OBJECTIVE Assess outcome of patients with descending thoracic aortic aneurysms complicated by aortobronchial and aortoesophageal fistulae in comparison to patients undergoing repair of aortic aneurysms without fistulae. METHODS In a consecutive series of 145 patients (age 60 +/- 12 years) with repair of descending thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms, 11 patients (8%; age 63 +/- 9; ...

Between September 1990 and March 1995, 189 patients were treated with high-dose-rate endobronchial brachytherapy. Most patients (70%) presented with either recurrent or persistent symptomatic endobronchial tumor after standard therapy. A minority of the patients (12%) had small endobronchial tumor and were unfit for surgical resection or radiotherapy. Treatment was delivered weekly and consiste...

Background and objectives: to study the diagnostic accuracy of Computed Tomography in evaluation of various etiologies of hemoptysis with normal chest radiographs. Methods: Two hundred patients with hemoptysis and normal chest radiograph were evaluated with computed tomography from the period of December 2008 to October 2009. The patients were categorized according to the primary etiology and s...

Catamenial hemoptysis is a rare condition, characterized by recurrent hemoptysis associated with the presence of intrapulmonary or endobronchial endometrial tissue. Therapeutic strategies proposed for intrapulmonary endometriosis with catamenial hemoptysis consist of medical treatments and surgery. Bronchial artery embolization is a well-established modality in the management of massive or recu...

Abstract Background Treatment of broncholithiasis is complex, especially in the case a large or transbronchial broncholith. Holmium-yttrium aluminum garnet (Ho:YAG) laser lithotripsy may be useful treatment broncholithiasis; however, as it not yet common practice, optimal parameters are unknown. Methods We performed single-center retrospective analysis clinical data 13 patients who underwent Ho...

introduction: foreign bodies in the upper airway are one of the most challenging otolaryngology emergencies and have various presentations depending on their physical properties and location. leeches are blood-sucking hermaphroditic worms that vary in color, length, and shape. they usually reside in fresh-water streams and lakes. when rural untreated water is drunk, leeches may localize in the ...