title: Primary bronchomalacia and patent ductus arteriosus: simultaneous surgical correction in an infant.
abstract: We report the clinical course of a 6-month-old girl with recurrent infection of the left lung, persistent wheezing, and a suspected congenital heart anomaly (patent ductus arteriosus. Chest radiography revealed hyperinflation and slight inflammation of the left lung. Tracheobronchoscopy and left-sided bronchography showed a collapsed segment of the left main bronchus, 3 cm long. Computed tomography confirmed hyperinflation of the left lung and atelectasis of the superior lobe. There were no signs of extramural compression. Color-flow Doppler echocardiography confirmed the suspicion of patent ductus arteriosus. To the best of our knowledge, there is no other report in the literature of a patient with this combination of anomalies. After receiving 2 weeks of antibiotic treatment, the patient underwent surgical repair The patent ductus arteriosus was closed by means of a triple-ligature procedure, and during the same operation a bronchopexy was performed, securing the left main bronchus to the closed ductus tissue by means of sutures. There have been no complications in the postoperative period. Clinical follow-up, as well as echocardiography and bronchoscopy, have yielded normal results 14 months after surgery.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Clinic, Pulmonary Unit, Faculty of Medicine, University of Rijeka, Croatia.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ahel
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Severinski
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vukas
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rozmanić
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D019072:Antibiotic Prophylaxis; D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery; D001995:Bronchography; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D004374:Ductus Arteriosus, Patent / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant