title: Asphyxia while swallowing solid food caused by bronchial compression: a variant of the pneumonectomy syndrome.
abstract: A 40 year old man presented with recurrent episodes of dyspnoea whilst swallowing solid food. He had undergone right pneumonectomy and thoracoplasty for recurrent pneumonias and empyema 23 years previously. Solid food boluses appeared to cause bronchial obstruction by compressing the surgically distorted left main bronchus. This is a new variant of the post pneumonectomy syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Medicine, Prince Charles Hospital, Queensland, Australia.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: McNeil
authors.forename: K P
authors.initials: KP
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: K S
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Matar
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Cole
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Partridge
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D001995:Bronchography; D003680:Deglutition Disorders / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed