Symptomatic accessory cardiac bronchus.
Symptomatic accessory cardiac bronchus is rare. A 52-year-old woman with an accessory bronchus, who had had frequent episodes of hemosputum for 6 years, suffered from empyema complicated by a right lower lung abscess infected with Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Resection of the anomalous cardiac bronchus after open drainage of the pleural cavity was successful.
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Department of Thoracic Surgery, Jichi Medical School, Tochigi, Kawachigun, Japan.
Saitoh
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Murayama
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Sohara
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Fuse
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D001769:Blood; D001980:Bronchi / Q000002:abnormalities*; D016724:Empyema, Pleural / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000382:microbiology; D008875:Middle Aged; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000382:microbiology; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa; D013183:Sputum