title: [Clinical case of the month. Compression of the right main bronchus by a mesothelioma].
abstract: We report the case of a patient treated by chemotherapy for a diagnosis of mesothelioma. A quickly progressive dyspnea developed which was due to compression of the right main bronchus by mediastinal extension of the tumor. This obstruction was treated by interventionnal bronchoscopy and stenting.
authors.affiliation: Service de Pneumologie, CHU Sart-Tilman, Liège, Belgique.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Duysinx
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Corhay
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ghaye
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Louis
mesh_terms: D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D003251:Constriction, Pathologic / Q000209:etiology; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008654:Mesothelioma / Q000150:complications*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*