Surgical repair of tracheobronchial compression by tuberculous lymph nodes.
We describe a patient with a tuberculous lymph node pressing on the trachea and right lobe of the bronchus who was managed with resection of the node and Dacron patch closure of a defect in the tracheobronchial tree.
D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D001995:Bronchography; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011312:Pressure; D014133:Tracheal Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D014388:Tuberculosis, Lymph Node / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery