title: Combined blunt aortic and bronchial injury.
abstract: We report the case of a 29-year-old man with left blunt chest trauma resulting in an intimal tear of the proximal descending aorta, for which he underwent successful thoracic endovascular graft stenting. He subsequently developed progressive left lung collapse, and bronchoscopy revealed left bronchial disruption. A left thoracotomy with end-to-end anastomosis of the left bronchus was performed successfully. The literature from 6 other similar cases of concomitant aortic and bronchial injuries was reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac, Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, National University Hospital, National University of Singapore, Singapore. surwps@nus.edu.sg
authors.forename: Poo-Sing
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Ramesh R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Koirala
authors.forename: Chuen-Neng
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000063:Accidents, Traffic; D000328:Adult; D001013:Aorta, Thoracic / Q000293:injuries*; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001980:Bronchi / Q000293:injuries*; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013898:Thoracic Injuries; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*