A case of 'bronchial string'--a rare anomaly of the bronchus.
An incidental string-like structure spanning the lumen of the intermediate bronchus was found during bronchoscopy in an 18-year-old woman. We consider that the lesion may be a rare fibrous anomaly of the bronchus and may be closely related to a bronchial web. We have named this unusual structure 'bronchial string'.
Takayama
S
S
Department of Internal Medicine, Yokosuka Kyosai Hospital, Japan.
Miura
H
H
Kimula
Y
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D004848:Epithelium / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans