[The use of a silicone T tube for the treatment of a case of American mucocutaneous leishmaniasis with tracheomalacia].
The authors report a case of mucosal leishmaniasis, in which tracheomalacia and respiratory insufficiency occurred. The nature of the illness, the patient's general condition and the great extension of the affected tracheal segment made segmental resection and anastomosis inviable. The silicone T tube, which proved itself useful, was the choice, thus motivating this report of the procedure.
Amato
V S
VS
Departamento de Doenças Infecciosas e Parasitárias, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, Brasil.
Boulos
M I
MI
Amato Neto
V
V
Filomeno
L T
LT
D002908:Chronic Disease; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal / Q000295:instrumentation*; D007897:Leishmaniasis, Mucocutaneous / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012826:Silicone Elastomers; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014139:Tracheostomy
D012826:Silicone Elastomers
Utilização do tubo em "T" de silicone para tratamento de um caso de leishmaniose tegumentar americana com traqueomalácia.