title: Tracheal bronchus associated with bronchiectasis. Case report.
abstract: The authors describe a case of ectopic tracheal bronchus (TB) in a 42 years old female. This TB presented bronchiectasis determining various episodes of inflammation in the pulmonary district depending on it. The result of those episodes was atelectasis and fibrotic alterations of the superior right lobe. The mean diagnostic procedure was bronchography. Surgical treatment was performed (superior right lobectomy) with a good result controlled in a 5 year follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Divisione di Pneumologia, USL no. 1 Lunigiana, Ospedale di Fivizzano, Massa-Carrara, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Vignale
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Parentini
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001980:Bronchi; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000150:complications*; D002828:Choristoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014134:Tracheal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis