title: [Rigid tube bronchoscopy in tuberculous children. Apropos of 24 cases].
abstract: We report the preliminary results of a study in children with tuberculosis. Rigid tube bronchoscopy provided diagnostic information in 79% of cases and allowed a few therapeutic procedures including aspiration of secretions and removal of inflammatory granulomas. We found that the most common lesion is bronchial compression. Rigid tube bronchoscopy is acceptably comfortable under general anesthesia and provides valuable results.
authors.affiliation: Hôpital Pédiatrique d'Owendo, Libreville, Gabon.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gahouma
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Boguikouma
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Mouba
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nardou
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gendrel
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Samith
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vinand
mesh_terms: D020680:Bronchoscopes; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000175:diagnosis*
vernacular_title: La bronchoscopie avec tube rigide chez l'enfant tuberculeux. A propos de vingt-quatre observations.