Obstructed tracheal bronchus as a cause of post-obstructive pneumonia.
This article describes a case of obstructed supernumerary tracheal bronchus with partial atelectasis and pneumonia of the right upper lobe, diagnosed using trispiral tomograms. An obstructing broncholith, a supernumerary tracheal bronchus, and granulation tissue mass extruding from the bronchus were confirmed by resection of the pulmonary segment.
Middleton
R M
RM
Department of Critical Care Medicine, Keesler Air Force Base, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA.
Littleton
J T
JT
Brickey
D A
DA
Picone
A L
AL
D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000150:complications; D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002137:Calculi / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014132:Trachea / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging