Endobronchial tuberculosis progressing to bronchial stenosis. Fiberoptic bronchoscopic manifestations.
Severe stenosis of main-stem and segmental bronchi occurred in a 79-year-old woman with previously and adequately treated endobronchial tuberculosis. Symptoms and physiologic abnormalities did not occur until more than three years after diagnosis and initiation of therapy.
D000368:Aged; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D001991:Bronchitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005336:Fiber Optic Technology; D006801:Humans; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*