Necrotizing tracheobronchitis identified on an indium-111-white blood cell scan.
The clinical entity of necrotizing tracheobronchitis (NTB) is well described in the pediatric literature. The incidence of NTB in neonatal autopsies varies from 4% to 44%. More than 3 hr of assisted ventilation may be necessary for the development of NTB in neonates. A similar clinical problem was described as "hemorrhagic tracheitis" in two adults during high frequency jet ventilation and as a complication of conventional mechanical ventilation in an adult. We present here a rather unusual case of NTB in an adult on mechanical ventilation, in whom tracheobronchitis was diagnosed incidentally with an 111In white blood cell scan obtained for other purposes.
Desai
S P
SP
Nuclear Medicine Department, St. Luke's Medical Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Yuille
D L
DL
D001991:Bronchitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D007962:Leukocytes; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012121:Respiration, Artificial / Q000009:adverse effects*; D014136:Tracheitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology
D007205:Indium Radioisotopes