title: Successful endoscopic dilatation to alleviate airway suffocation in a case with esophageal cancer after stent implantation.
abstract: A case of esophageal cancer who suffered from tracheal stenosis at the tracheostomy after stent implantation is presented. The patient received a covered metallic tracheal stent to seal the esophago-respiratory fistulation. After six months, the tracheal retainer for his tracheostomy was difficult to insert into his trachea due to the growth of the cancer. Argon plasma coagulation (APC) has been successfully employed in the dilatation of tracheal stenosis at the tracheostomy. We herein describe the use of APC as an effective treatment for further palliative therapy of tracheal dilatation in order to treat tracheal stenosis by esophageal cancer after stent implantation.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano. yasumasa@hsp.md.shinshu-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Masanori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yasuo
authors.forename: Shino
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Furuya
authors.forename: Shintaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: Yoshimichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Komatsu
authors.forename: Tsuyoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsushima
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yamamoto
authors.forename: Tomonobu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Koizumi
authors.forename: Keishi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yokosawa
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawakami
mesh_terms: D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D004106:Dilatation; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D004945:Esophagoscopy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010166:Palliative Care; D015607:Stents; D014132:Trachea / Q000473:pathology; D014135:Tracheal Stenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014138:Tracheoesophageal Fistula / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*